{"id":84705,"date":"2021-08-12T17:11:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=84705"},"modified":"2021-08-12T17:11:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:11:19","slug":"just-in-former-nigerian-first-lady-dies-of-covid-19-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/just-in-former-nigerian-first-lady-dies-of-covid-19-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Former Nigerian First Lady Dies Of COVID-19 In Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Mrs Hadiza Shagari, wife of Former Nigerian leader, Shehu Shagari is dead, pointblanknews.com has learned.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mrs. Shagari died of COVID-19 complications on Thursday, August 12th, 2021. Below is a statement issued on behalf of the family by her Grandson, Bello;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe 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).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHajiya Hadiza Shehu Shagari was 80 years old. Her Jana\u2019iza (Funeral Prayer) will take place today, at 4:00pm, immediately after Asr prayer, at the National Mosque, Abuja.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Shagari served as the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from the 1st of October 1979 \u2013 31st December, 1983.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mrs Hadiza Shagari 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. 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