APC national chairman loses mother

• Mama Lydia Yilwatda died at Jos University Teaching Hospital, described as devoted Christian and women leader in COCIN
• APC Plateau spokesperson called her death devastating loss to party family and praised her church leadership across multiple states

Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has lost his mother, Mama Lydia Yilwatda.

Shittu Bamaiyi, the APC’s acting spokesperson in Plateau State, confirmed her death in a statement released in Jos on Sunday.

According to Bamaiyi, the party was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of the national chairman’s mother.

He said: “She passed on this morning at the Jos University Teaching Hospital at the age of 83 years. Her death is not only a personal loss to the National Chairman,but the entire APC family in Plateau State and the Country at large.

“There is no doubt that the late Mama’s death, is painful and devastating to the Yilwatdas,because she died at the time her motherly advices and prayers were most needed,particularly to the National Chairman Professor Yilwatda.

“A devoted Christian, virtuous,humane and humble women leader, particularly in the Church of Christ in Nations(COCIN),the late Mama Lydia was known for the tireless and immeasurable efforts and those of her late Husband Reverend Toma Goshewe Yilwatda, in boosting the Church in Borno, Yobe,Bauchi and Plateau States.

“The consoling record is that, the deceased left behind an indelible and an accomplished legacy, which is manifested in her children. Surely her demise, is a great loss to the Church and the women fellowship as well as Plateau State. While sharing with Professor Yilwatda in his moment of grief, the Party prays God to grant the late Mama’s Soul an eternal rest.”