Life and Times of Shehu Shagari in Photographs

Life and Times of Shehu Shagari in Photographs

Former President Shehu Aliyu Usman Shagari died on Friday night in Abuja at the age of 93 after a brief illness. Shagari was the first executive President of Nigeria and the only President in the Second Republic.

He was a parliamentarian and minister in the first republic, and federal commissioner in the military era in the 1970s. Shagari was elected President of Nigeria in 1979 and re-elected four years later in 1983. His regime was however truncated by a military coup in 1983.

Here are some images of his life and times:

 

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