Niger state governor and the Chairman North Central Governors Forum, Abubakar Sani-Bello has commiserated with his Sokoto state counterpart, Aminu Tambuwal and the family of former President Shehu Shagari on the death of Hadiza Shagari.
Sani-Bello in a statement by his spokesperson, Mary Noel-Berje on Friday, said that her death has created a vacuum that would be hard to be filled.
He also expressed his heartfelt sympathy to the family of the deceased, Sokoto state government and the federal government over the death of the former First Lady.
He said that she played an important role in supporting her husband while he was the president.
Sani-Bello described the late Hadiza as a devoted religious Muslim, a detribalized Nigerian who was concerned about the development of children and women emancipation.
The governor prayed Allah to forgive her all her shortcomings and reward her with Aljannat Firdausi.
He urged the family and his Sokoto state counterpart to see her demise as an act of Allah bearing in mind that all living souls will taste death and take solace in the exemplary life she lived.
