The family of Mary Habila, the 26-year old physiotherapist whose death at the Ebonyi residence of Nigeria’s Minister of Works, David Umahi, has sparked widespread public attention, has announced that she will be buried on Friday as police continue investigating the circumstances surrounding her death.
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Habila, popularly known as Mara, died on June 27 at the minister’s official residence in Uburu, Ebonyi State. Her death remains under investigation, with police insisting that an autopsy will be carried out to determine the exact cause of death.
According to a funeral announcement released by her family, Habila was born on September 18, 2000. Her funeral service will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 17, at the Deeper Life Bible Church in Nok, Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where family members, friends, colleagues and sympathisers are expected to pay their final respects.
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