Shehu Shagari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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President of Nigeria
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Place of Birth: Shagari, Sokoto State, Nigeria
About Shehu Shagari
- Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari (February 25, 1925 – December 28, 2018) was a Nigerian politician who became the first democratically elected President of Nigeria.
- He served as the only President of Nigeria's Second Republic (1979–1983), after the handover of power by General Olusegun Obasanjo's military government.
- Shagari also served seven times in a ministerial or cabinet post as a federal minister and federal commissioner from 1958 to 1975. Shagari worked as a teacher for a brief period before entering politics in 1951 and in 1954 was elected to the federal House of Representatives.
- In 1962, he was made the Turaki of the Fula Sokoto Caliphate by the Sultan of Sokoto Siddiq Abubakar III.
- Turaki means an officer at court, in this case referring to the sultan's court at the palace of Sokoto.
- In addition, he held the chieftaincy titles of the Ochiebuzo of Ogbaland, the Ezediale of Aboucha and the Baba Korede of Ado Ekiti. He was overthrown by General Muhammadu Buhari in a military coup on 31 December 1983.
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