Victoria Nwanyiocha Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s former first lady and wife of the ex-military head of state, Johnson Umunnakwe Aguiyi Ironsi has died aged 98
Mrs Ironsi died at 5.00 am on Monday, a day her age mate, friend and wife of the former Premier of Eastern Nigeria, Adanma Okpara, died.
She was born on 21st November 1923.
She married Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi as a student of Holy Rosary Convent School, Okigwe, in 1953 at the age of 16 and became the second First Lady of Nigeria from January 16, 1966, to July 29, 1966.
