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Hadiza, wife of ex-President Shehu Shagari, dies of COVID

Hajiya Hazida, wife of former President Shehu Shagari, is dead. She was aged 80.

She died on Thursday in Abuja of complications from COVID-19, according Shagari’s grandson, Bello Bala Shagari.

Bala Shagari who made the news of her death public on his Facebook page, said Hajiya Shagari died around 3am in the Gwagwalada Isolation Centre, Abuja.

He said she would be buried today at 4pm according to Islamic rites.

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