List of Famous people born in Sokoto State, Nigeria

Shehu Shagari

First Name Shehu

Last Name Shagari

Born on February 25, 1925

Died on December 28, 2018 (aged 93)

Born in Nigeria, Sokoto State

Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, titled Turakin Sokoto from 1962, was a Nigerian aristocrat and statesman who was the first democratically elected President of Nigeria, after the transfer of power by military head of state General Olusegun Obasanjo in 1979 giving rise to the Second Nigerian Republic.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

    index: 1x 0.018967866897583s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.012717008590698s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.012641906738281s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0067241191864014s
router_page: 1x 0.0056660175323486s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0050599575042725s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.0029430389404297s
t_/blocks/person-card: 1x 0.0028769969940186s
headline: 2x 0.0025110244750977s
qids: 2x 0.0018188953399658s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00027108192443848s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00026988983154297s
head-facts: 1x 0.00024604797363281s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 2.8848648071289E-5s
related: 1x 1.0967254638672E-5s
using-qids-cache: 1x 1.1920928955078E-6s
----- END OF DUMP (2026-01-22 09:13:01)  -----