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October 28, 2005
Service for Nigeria leader's wife
A service of remembrance is being held on Friday in Nigeria for President Olusegun Obasanjo's wife who died in a southern Spanish resort at the weekend.
Nigerian officials have kept silent about how Stella Obasanjo died. The president said she passed away while on holiday and without noticeable illness.
But Spanish media reported she died after cosmetic surgery at the exclusive Molding clinic in Marbella.
The cause of her death is still being investigated.
On Wednesday mourners filed past her body lying in an open coffin in the capital, Abuja.
Mrs Obasanjo will be buried on Saturday.
She was known for her charitable work with children and HIV/Aids sufferers but was also implicated in a corruption scandal earlier this year.
Posted by Publisher at October 28, 2005 01:36 PM
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