Former Nigerian First Lady Dies Of COVID-19 [PHOTO]

Former Nigerian First Lady has died of COVID-19.

Newsone understands that the wife of Shehu Shagari, a former Nigerian leader, Hadiza Shagari is dead, a report monitored on POLITICS NIGERIA has revealed.

This online news platform understands that the former Nigerian First Lady died of COVID-19 complications on Thursday, August 12, 2021, in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, a statement issued on behalf of the family by her grandson, Bello revealed.

The statement confirming the death of the former Nigerian First Lady reads as thus; “We regret to announce the demise of our beloved mother, Hajiya Hadiza Shehu Shagari, the wife of H.E late President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, GCFR (Turakin Sokoto).

“We lost her in the early hours of today, 12th August 2021, at about 3:00 am, after battling Covid-19 at the Gwagwalada Isolation Center in Abuja.

“Hajiya Hadiza Shehu Shagari was 80 years old. Her Jana’iza (Funeral Prayer) will take place today, at 4:00 pm, immediately after Asr prayer, at the National Mosque, Abuja.”

Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria recalls that the late Mrs. Shagari served as the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a West African country, from the 1st of October 1979 – 31st December, 1983.

The deceased former Nigerian First Lady got married to Shehu Shagari who was then a visiting teacher in Sokoto province and a member of the Federal Scholarship Board in the year 1957.

Late Hadiza along with his two other wives, became the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria when her husband assumed office as President in October 1979.