Mohamed Buba Marwa, the chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has lost his first wife, Chief Mrs Zainab Marwa.
A statement by the family on Saturday, January 8 said Mrs Zainab Marwa died in the early hours of the day after a brief illness. She was 66 years old.
The deceased is survived by four adult children: Abubakar, Mohamed Jr, Mariam, and Zainab, and 10 grandchildren as well as her siblings and aged mother.
During her lifetime, she championed the course of women and the girl child
The statement added that a burial arrangement will be announced at a later date by the family.