Former first lady Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi dies at 97

Wife of late Nigerian Military Head of State, Major General J.T.U. Aguiyi-Ironsi, Victoria, is dead.

The former First Lady died peacefully on Monday morning, August 23 at the age of 97. She would have been 98 on November 21, 2021.

Her husband, and the Supreme Commander of the National Military Government, was killed on July 29, 1966. Chief Mrs. Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi never re-married.