Woman, 95, Who Donated N1 Million To Buhari’s Campaign Last Year Is Dead, Buhari Mourns

A 95 year old Hajiya Fati Koko, popularly called Maitalla Tara who donated N1 Million to the campaign activities of President Muhammadu Buhari last year is dead, even as the President expressed sadness over her death.
Hajiya Koko was said to have waited nine hours in Kebbi early last year, to donate the amount to Buhari as the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Hajiya Koko, while offering virtually her life’s savings to candidate Buhari then had said that she admired his honesty, discipline and stand for truth.
The President, in a statement today by his special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, described her as “a woman with a good heart, who stood by her convictions and gave sacrificially.”
President Buhari commended Hayiya Koko’s conviction and sacrificial giving, even as he asked Nigerians to learn vital lessons from her life.
“She gave practically all she had towards our campaign. Though well advanced in age, she still believed a new Nigeria was possible and followed her conviction with action. What generosity of spirit and what tenacious faith in her mother land. Nigerians, old and young, have a lot to learn from her.”
The President condoled with the family and relations of the deceased and asked them to take solace in the fact that their matriarch lived to a ripe old age, “and she saw the beginning of the change she had long yearned for. The onus is now on all of us to ensure that the change gets entrenched and solidified for even generations yet unborn to benefit from.”
Buhari also sympathized with the governor and people of Kebbi State, whom he said, will miss the sterling qualities of Hajiya Koko, but added that the life of Hajiya Koko will serve as a standard to emulate in the service of God, humanity and country.
“May Allah grant her soul repose in Al-jannah,” the President prayed. [myad]