HID Awolowo Dies At 99

 

Wife of the Nigerian foremost late Politician and

one of the country's founding father, Obafemi

Awolowo, Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo is

dead. She was aged 99.

Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo (née Adelana),

popularly known as HID, was born on November

25, 1915 to a modest family in the small Ikenne

community of Ogun State in Nigeria.

She was the widow of the late politician Obafemi

Awolowo, who famously referred to her as his

"jewel of inestimable value".

A successful businesswoman and astute

politician, she was the First Lady of the old

Western Region. HID played an active role in the

politics of Western Nigeria. She stood in for her

husband in the alliance formed between the

NCNC and the AG, called the United Progressive

Grand Alliance (UPGA), while he was tried and in jailed.

May her gentle soul rest in perfect peace (AMEN)