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Nigeria's First Lady Dies at 59

Sunday, October 23, 2005 11:56:52 AM
By BASHIR ADIGUN

 Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo together with his wife Stella Obasanjo arrives at the venue of the African Union Summit in Abuja, Nigeria, in this Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005 file photo.  Stella Obasanjo has died after surgery in Spain, Nigerian officials said Sunday Oct. 23, 2005. She was 60.  (AP Photo/George Osodi) ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Stella Obasanjo, the wife of Nigeria's president, died Sunday in Spain. She was 59.

Stella Obasanjo, described as President Olusegun Obasanjo's "beloved wife," died after undergoing surgery, according to a brief statement signed by presidential spokeswoman Remi Oyo. No further details were given.

The Spanish Foreign Ministry said Obasanjo's wife died Sunday morning at a hospital in the southern Spanish resort city of Marbella, where she had been on a private visit.


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