Mrs Hadiza Shagari, the widow of a former president of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, has bowed to the rising wave of Covid-19.
Mrs. Shagari died of COVID-19 complications on Thursday, according to an announcement by her grandson, Bello Shagari.
A statement issued by Bello Shagari on his Facebook page said the deceased died at the Gwagwalada Isolation Center in Abuja at 3 a.m.
She will be buried according to Islamic rites at the National Mosque, Abuja.
“Hajiya Hadiza Shehu Shagari was 80 years old. Her Jana’iza (Funeral Prayer) will take place today, at 4:00pm, immediately after Asr prayer, at the National Mosque, Abuja,” he said. ##
