Former Nigerian First Lady, Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi Dies At 97
Victoria passed away in the early hours of Monday. She would have clocked 98 on November 21, 2021.
Joy Kalu 
The widow of Nigeria's first military Head of State, Lady Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi is dead.
The late Chief Mrs Aguiyi-Ironsi died peacefully Monday morning, August 23, 2021, according to The Punch.
Lady Aguiyi-Ironsi was to clock 98 years on November 21, this year.
The deceased widow's husband, General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi was killed in Ibadan in a bloody coup in July 1966.
Lady Aguiyi-Ironsi never remarried ever since.
In the Government of President Olusegun Obasanjo, one of her sons was appointed a Minister and Obasanjo always kept close contact with the family which he visited last in December 2019.
However, a letter from the family and signed by her son,
Amb. Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi confirmed the incident.
The letter on behalf of the family was addressed to the Abia State Governor, and read:
"Your Excellency
Greetings
The Aguiyi-Ironsi family wishes to inform you that It has pleased God to call to glory Noble Lady Victoria Aguiyi - Ironsi to eternal rest
''She passed on at the early hours of today August 23, 2021
''I would like to discuss further details at your earliest convenience
With best regards
Amb Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi. "
