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BREAKING: ex-President Shehu Shagari’s Wife Dies At 80 From COVID-19

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Hadiza Shagari, the widow of the late President Shehu Shagari, is dead.

BIGPENNGR reports that Hadiza died at the age of 80, according to a statement by the son of the former president, Bala Shagari, on Thursday afternoon.

She died of Covid-19 at the Gwagwalada isolation center, the statement said.

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“We regret to announce the demise of our beloved mother, Hajiya Hadiza Shehu Shagari, the wife of H.E late President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, GCFR (Turakin Sokoto).

“We lost her in the early hours of today, 12th August 2021, at about 3:00 am, after battling Covid-19 at the Gwagwalada Isolation Center in Abuja.

“Hajiya Hadiza Shehu Shagari was 80 years old. Her Jana’iza (Funeral Prayer) will take place today, at 4:00pm, immediately after Asr prayer, at the National Mosque, Abuja,” the statement said.

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