Former Nigeria’s First Lady, Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi, dies at 97

Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi, the wife of late Nigerian head of state, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, is dead. (Read More Here).

The former first lady passed on Monday morning, August 23. She was 97.

Victoria’s husband Aguiyi-Ironsi was the supreme commander of the National Military Government for six months before being overthrown and assassinated in the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup.