Nigeria’s former First Lady, Victoria Nwanyiocha Aguiyi-Ironsi, is dead.
A close family friend disclosed that she died at 5.00am on Monday, exactly one day after her friend, age mate and wife of the former Premier of Eastern Nigeria, Adanma Okpara, died.
She was the widow of Gen. Johnson Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi, who was the first Nigerian military head of state.
He was killed in Ibadan in a counter-coup led by Gen. Murtala Mohammed, also deceased.
Born on 21st November, 1923, Lady Ironsi was the second First Lady of Nigeria from 16 January 1966 to 29 July 1966.
She married Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi as a student of Holy Rosary Convent School, Okigwe in 1953 at the aged of 16.
Lady Aguiyi-Ironsi was born in November, 1923, while her friend, Adanma Okpara was born in June, 1924.
