Aisha Alhassan, former minister of women affairs, is dead.
Alhassan, who was popularly known as ‘Mama Taraba’, died from an unknown illness.
In 2018, she resigned from the Buhari administration over doubts of her political loyalty.
She later ran for the Taraba state governorship election months later.
After she failed to secure the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket, Alhassan decamped to the United Democratic Party (UDP), where she emerged as the party’s flagbearer in the poll.
She eventually lost in the election and returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),…
