Shera Kyau Agwai, mother of Nigeria’s former Chief of Defence Staff, Martin Luther Agwai, is dead, the army has announced. Mrs. Agwai died on Monday, aged 96. She died after a brief illness at Saint Gerald Hospital in Kaduna, her home state, the army said.


According to spokesman for the Nigerian Army, Sani Usman, details of the burial were yet to be announced by the family.

Mr. Agwai is currently the chairman of Kaduna State security committee set up in 2015 by Gov. Nasiru Elrufai.