Former Nigerian’s Second Republic President Shehu Shagari, GCFR, is dead at the age of 93. His demise was announced on twitter by his grandson, Bello Shagari.
”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,” Bello tweeted.
Late Shehu Shagari was the first president of the Federal republic of Nigeria between the year 1979 and 1983, a period known as the second republic before his government was overthrown by the military. He also served seven times in a ministerial post as a federal minister and federal commissioner from 1958 – 1975.
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Shehu Usman Shagari was born in 1925 in the northern Shagari village founded by his great-grandfather, Ahmadu Rufa’i, who was also the Village Head, and took the name Shagari as his family name. His father’s name is Aliyu and his mother’s name is Mariamu.
He was raised in a polygamous family, and was the sixth child born into the family. P
