Stella Obasanjo
Stella was the First Lady of Nigeria from 1999 until her death. She was the wife of former president Olusegun Obasanjo. She died while undergoing elective liposuction in an exclusive clinic in Spain.
She was admitted to the University of Ife now (Obafemi Awolwo University), Ile-Ife, for a bachelor’s degree in English, attending from 1967 to 1969. In 1969 she transferred to the UK to complete her studies, this time round, in insurance, in London and Edinburgh, Scotland, from 1970 to 1974.
As first Lady of Nigeria, she joined the Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation and on 6 February 2003, she declared the day the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation.
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