Posted on: 02:33 Thu, 25 Feb 2016



Shehu Shagari Turns 91 Today.

Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari,
Turakin Sakkwato (born February
25, 1925) served as the second
President of Nigeria’s Second
Republic (1979–1983), after the
handover of power by General
Olusegun Obasanjo’s military
government.

Shagari is a northerner of Fulani
extraction and holds the
aristocratic title of Turakin
Sakkwato in the Sokoto Caliphate.

He worked as a teacher for a brief
period before entering politics in
1954 upon his election to the
federal House of Representatives.