Nigeria: Former first lady Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi dies at 97

Former first lady Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi is dead.

Chief Mrs. Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi, wife of late Nigerian Head of State, Major General J.T.U. Aguiyi-Ironsi, is dead.

The former First Lady died peacefully this yesterday, 23rd August 2021.

She was 97.

Her husband, and the Supreme Commander of the National Military Government, was killed on July 29, 1966.