Lady Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi Has Passed On

The widow of Nigeria's first military Head of State, Lady Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi is dead.

The late Chief Mrs. Aguiyi-Ironsi died peacefully Monday morning, from our sources.

Lady Aguiyi-Ironsi was to clock 98 years on November 21, this year.

The deceased widow's husband, General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi was killed in Ibadan in a bloody coup in July 1966.

Lady Aguiyi-Ironsi never remarried ever since.

In the Government of President Olusegun Obasanjo, one of her sons was appointed a Minister and Obasanjo always kept close contact with the family which he visited last in December 2019.

However, a letter from the family and signed by her son,

Amb. Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi confirmed the incident.

The letter on behalf of the family was addressed to the Abia State Governor, and re

ad:

"Your Excellency,

Greetings

The Aguiyi-Ironsi family wishes to inform you that It has pleased God to call to glory Noble Lady Victoria Aguiyi - Ironsi to eternal rest

She passed on at the early hours of today August 23, 2021

I would like to discuss further details at your earliest convenience

With best regards

Amb Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi. "

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Aguiyi-Ironsi hails from Ndume-Ibeku in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State.

Source

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