The wife of the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council, Alhaji Abdulgafar Alabelewe, Hajara Alabelewe, has passed away.
TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) understands that Alabelewe died in the early hours of Sunday, around 1 am, at a hospital in Kaduna following a brief illness.
The NUJ chairman confirmed the incident, revealing to Journalists, that his wife died after battling malaria.
Until her death, Mrs Alabelewe worked with the Department of State Services (DSS) in Kaduna.
According to the family, Janaza (funeral) prayers will be held at 2pm on Sunday at the Ansarul Islam Juma’at Mosque, Abakpa, by Lugard Roundabout, Kaduna.