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Former President of Nigeria Is Dead


The first and only President of Nigeria during the Second Republic (1979–1983),
after the handover of power by General  Obasanjo's military government, Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari GCFR, dies after brief illness in a hospital at abuja.

Shagari also served seven times in a ministerial or cabinet post as a federal minister and federal commissioner from 1958–1975.

He was made the Turaki of the FulaSokoto Caliphate in 1962 by the Sultan of Sokoto Siddiq Abubakar III. Turaki means an officer at court, in this case referring to the sultan's court at the palace of Sokoto.
He worked as a teacher for a brief period before entering politics in 1951 and in 1954 was elected to the federal House of Representatives. He passed on this day 28th December, 2018 at age 93.

Shagari may have died but his legacy lives on.

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