JUST IN: NIGERIA’S FIRST FEMALE SENATOR, FRANCA AFEGBUA IS DEAD

Event Diary Lifestyle March 12, 2023

Nigeria’s first female senator, Franca Afegbua is dead. She died on Sunday.

Disclosing this in a statement, Afegbua’s family said: “The Afegbua family of Edo state has confirmed the demise of the first woman senator in Nigeria, Senator Franca Afegbua, whose sad event occurred this morning, Sunday, March 12, 2023.

“She combined beauty and brain during her service to Nigeria. Funeral details will be announced by the family soon,” the family said.

She was elected the senator representing Bendel-north in October 1983 under the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) in Nigeria’s second republic.

Her political journey was, however, cut short as the military coup of December 1983 toppled the civilian government less than three months after she assumed office.