Second Republic President of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, is dead.
According to available information, Alhaji Shagari died on Friday evening at the National Hospital in Abuja.
His grandson, Bello Shagari, announced his death on his Twitter handle.
The grandson tweeted at 7:04pm on Friday: “I regret announcing the death of my grandfather, H.E Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who died right now after brief illness at the National hospital, Abuja.”
At about 7:25pm, the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, also tweeted a confirmation of Shagari’s passage.
Tambuwal tweeted: “I regret to Announce the death of former President Shehu Shagari who just passed away at National Hospital Abuja. May his Soul Rest in Peace.”
Alhaji born February 25, 1925.
He served as the first and only President of Nigeria’s Second Republic between 1979 and 1983 after the handover of power by General Olusegun Obasanjo’s military government.
Shagari also served seven times in a ministerial or cabinet post as a federal minister and federal commissioner from 1958 to 1975.
Shagari was made the Turaki of the Fula Sokoto Caliphate in 1962 by the Sultan of Sokoto, Siddiq Abubakar III.
Turaki means an officer at court, in this case referring to the sultan’s court at the palace of Sokoto.
In addition, he also holds the chieftaincy titles of the Ochiebuzo of Ogbaland, the Ezediale of Aboucha and the Baba Korede of Ado Ekiti.
He worked as a teacher for a brief period before entering politics in 1951 and in 1954 was elected to the federal House of Representatives.
At 93, he died on December 28, 2018.
Details later on this news website.econd Republic President of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, is dead.
According to available information, Alhaji Shagari died on Friday evening at the National Hospital in Abuja.
His grandson, Bello Shagari, announced his death on his Twitter handle.
The grandson tweeted at 7:04pm on Friday: “I regret announcing the death of my grandfather, H.E Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who died right now after brief illness at the National hospital, Abuja.”
At about 7:25pm, the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, also tweeted a confirmation of Shagari’s passage.
Tambuwal tweeted: “I regret to Announce the death of former President Shehu Shagari who just passed away at National Hospital Abuja. May his Soul Rest in Peace.”
Alhaji born February 25, 1925.
He served as the first and only President of Nigeria’s Second Republic between 1979 and 1983 after the handover of power by General Olusegun Obasanjo’s military government.
Shagari also served seven times in a ministerial or cabinet post as a federal minister and federal commissioner from 1958 to 1975.
Shagari was made the Turaki of the Fula Sokoto Caliphate in 1962 by the Sultan of Sokoto, Siddiq Abubakar III.
Turaki means an officer at court, in this case referring to the sultan’s court at the palace of Sokoto.
In addition, he also holds the chieftaincy titles of the Ochiebuzo of Ogbaland, the Ezediale of Aboucha and the Baba Korede of Ado Ekiti.
He worked as a teacher for a brief period before entering politics in 1951 and in 1954 was elected to the federal House of Representatives.
At 93, he died on December 28, 2018.
Details later on this news website.
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