Best First Lady Nigeria Never Had – Atiku

 Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar yesterday described the

late matriarch of Awolowo family, Chief Hannnah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo as the best first lady Nigeria never had.

He also said the late sage and premier of the old west­ern region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo owed his successes in life largely to the contribu­tions of the late matriarch.

Abubakar spoke at the launch of the biography of HID at the Ikenne, Ogun State country-home of the Awolowos where other prominent Nigerians, in­cluding former governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, who was represented by Managing Director of New Telegraph Newspapers, Mrs. Funke Egbemode, for­mer speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, juju music maestro, Commander Ebenezer Obey- Fabiyi attended and donated various sums of money to support the book.

Atiku, who was the chief presenter at the biography launch, entitled: “In the Ra­diance of the Sage: The Life and Times of HID Awolo­wo,” written by Prof. Wale Adebanwi said the late ma­triarch was the quintessential first lady the country never had the opportunity to have.

He equally noted how the matriarch of the Awolowo family stood solidly behind her husband and together they weathered the storms and confronted the vicissi­tudes of life.