Former President Shehu Shagari is alive and well.
This was made known on Sunday by Shagari’s Personal Assistant and head of the Shehu Shagari Foundation, Dr. Atiku Nuhu Koko.
Koko, who spoke with Nigerian Tribune around 7.30pm on Sunday, described the news of the death of Shagari as rumours.
Several persons on the social media had speculated that Shagari was dead.
Some reports had it that he was ill and had been flown to Germany where he eventually died on Sunday.
But Koko told the Nigerian Tribune: “Alhaji Shagari is alive and well.”
Shagari recently turned 90.
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