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Hadiza Shagari

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Together with Shehu Shagari's other two wives, Hadiza Shagari served as First Lady of Nigeria when her husband assumed the presidency from 1 October 1979 to 31 December 1983.

Biography

Hadiza Dawaiya met her husband, Shehu Shagari, while he was working as a visiting teacher and Federal Scholarship Board member in Sokoto province (present-day Sokoto State). They married in 1957.

Hadiza Shagari died from complications of COVID-19 at the Gwagwalada Isolation Center in Abuja at approximately 3 a.m. on 12 August 2021. She was 80 years old. Her funeral was held at the Abuja National Mosque on 12 August at 4 p.m. Her husband, former President Shehu Shagari, died in 2018.

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