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The Nigeria Police Force has formally announced the passing away of Hajia Mariam Mohammed Abubakar, wife of the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, who died this morning after a brief illness.
She was survived by her husband and children.
The force PRO Deputy Commissioner of Police, Olusola Amore, in a three-paragraph press release said” She has been buried according to Islamic rites in Kano.”
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