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12 Facts About Stella Obasanjo

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Stella Obasanjo was the First Lady of Nigeria from 1999 until her death.

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Stella Obasanjo was the wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, although she was not the First Lady in 1976, when Obasanjo was military head of state.

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Stella Obasanjo was a political activist in her own right, supporting causes such as women's liberation, youth as leaders of tomorrow, and the rehabilitation of a war-torn Nigeria.

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Stella Obasanjo began her education at Our Lady of the Apostles Primary School.

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Stella Obasanjo enrolled at St Theresa's College, where she obtained her West African School Certificate in 1964 with grade one.

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Stella Obasanjo was admitted to the University of Ife, Ile-Ife, for a bachelor's degree in English, attending from 1967 to 1969.

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Stella Obasanjo completed her education with a certificate as confidential secretary from Pitman College in 1976.

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Stella Obasanjo married General Obasanjo with whom she had one son; Olumuyiwa Obasanjo born in 1977.

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Olusegun Stella Obasanjo had just become Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, following the assassination of General Muritala Mohammed.

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Stella Obasanjo's arrest was prompted by an article the previous week about her, headlined "Greedy Stella".

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Stella Obasanjo died at age 59 from complications of cosmetic surgery at a private health clinic in Puerto Banus, Marbella, Spain, on 23 October 2005.

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Stella Obasanjo sustained a punctured colon and lacerated liver and died two days after the surgery.