By Suleiman Anyalewechi
Hajia Umma El-Rufai, mother of the embattled former Governor of Kaduna State Malam Nasir El-Rufai is dead.
Her death came as El-Rufai battles to regain his freedom from the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, which has been holding him since February 18, 2026.
Hajia Umma El-Rufai’s passing was made public on Friday, March 27, 2026, by her grand son on his Facebook page.
” Inna lillahi WA inna lillahi raji’un . From Allah SWT, we came ,and to Him we shall return. I would like to inform the public of the demise of my Grandmother ,Hajiya Umma El-Rufai who passed away a few hours.
” We are grateful for the life she lived and may Allah SWT bless her gentle soul . May He bless soul of the parents we have lost.
“On behalf of our family, we seek your prayers .Thank you” he wrote .
Although details of her death were not disclosed, Hajiya Umma El-Rufai was said to have died in Egypt where she was receiving medical attention.
The source reports that going by the March, 31, 2026 adjourned date by a Federal High Court, Kaduna Division, to rule on his bail application, El-Rufai is surely bound to miss both the burial and the three-day prayers for his late mother.
The former Kaduna State Governor is facing inter-agency investigations on multiple charges bordering on alleged money laundering diversion of public funds and security related Offences. The ICPC formally arraigned him on Tuesday March 24,2026 before Honourable Justice Rilwan Aikawa of Kaduna Federal High Court.
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