Lady Victoria Nwanyiocha Aguiyi-Ironsi, the wife of Nigeria’s first military ruler, General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, is dead.
A source close of the family revealed that she died at about 5.00am on Monday.
Her late husband, Gen. Aguiyi-Ironsi, was the first Nigerian military head of state, and he was in office from January 17, 1966 till July 29, 1966.
Aguiyi-Ironsi was killed in Ibadan in a counter-coup led by late Gen. Murtala Mohammed.
Born on November 21st, 1923, Lady Ironsi was the second First Lady of Nigeria from January 17, 1966 to July 29, 1966.
Victoria married Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi as a student of Holy Rosary Convent School, Okigwe, in 1953.