The very first female Senator in Nigeria, Franca Afegbua has passed away. She died at the age of 79.
The Afegbua family announced the passing on of the late Senator in a statement on Sunday.
In the statement, the 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,”
Afegbua was a native of Okpella, a town in Etsako-east LGA of old Bendel state, and served as a senator under Bendel-north in October 1983, in Nigeria’s second republic.