By Grace Udofia
Wife of Nigeria’s former President, Shehu Shagari has died of COVID-19 complications in an isolation facility in Gwagwalada, Abuja.
In a statement issued by her grandson in Abuja, he disclosed that the matriarch of their family died early hours of Thursdays.
The statement reads; “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 4:00pm, immediately after Asr prayer, at the National Mosque, Abuja.”
Mrs. Shagari served as the First Lady of Nigeria from the 1st of October 1979 – 31st December, 1983.
Her husband Shehu Shagari former President of Nigeria died earlier on the December 28, 2018 at the age of 93.
