Former President of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari who died on Friday will be buried tomorrow in Sokoto, according to the family. His grandson, Nuradee
Former President of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari who died on Friday will be buried tomorrow in Sokoto, according to the family. His grandson, Nuradeen Mahe, said the late President would be flown from Abuja to Sokoto for burial on Saturday, in accordance with Islamic rites.
Shehu Shagari, who was the first civilian president of Nigeria was 93 and he died at 6: 40 P.M at the National Hospital in Abuja. He was flown to Abuja on Christmas Day after his health deteriorated. Shagari was president from 1979 to 1983 and won re-election before being dethroned by a coup d’etat that brought in Muhammadu Buhari as military head of state.
The former leader was born February 25, 1925 in Shagari, in Sokoto. After his early education, he worked as a teacher for a brief period before entering politics in 1951. In 1954, he was elected to the federal House of Representatives, served seven times in a ministerial or cabinet post as a federal minister, was a federal commissioner from 1958–1975, before he was elected president in 1979.
He won a disputed re-election in 1983 that accelerated a military coup three months later after he was sworn in and the economy was on a precipitous decline.
