OBASANJO Lynda^[1]

1942 - 1987  (45 years)

• Name	OBASANJO Lynda
  Birth	1942
  Gender	Female
  Married Name	Lynda /Obasanjo/
  Death	14 Feb 1987	Lagos State, Nigeria
  	LAGOS, Nigeria — A gang of young men shot and killed the wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday after she refused to surrender her car, witnesses said. Linda Obasanjo, 45, was shot through her car window by the thieves, who then dragged her body from the car and sped away, the witnesses said. She was killed at about noon in a commercial district of Lagos. The assailants abandoned the Peugot sedan about three miles away. Police described the slaying as premeditated and suggested the robbers had been looking for Mrs. Obasanjo. They refused to elaborate but said a special investigation is under way. Her husband, a retired army general who was head of state from 1976-1979, was at his farm in Abeokuta in southeastern Ogun State at the time of the shooting. As commander of the 3rd Marine Commando Division, Obasanjo led the government’s main strike force during the 1967-1970 Biafra war. He served as supreme military commander before becoming president when Murtala Muhammed was assassinated in 1976. Obasanjo is a member of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group, which is charged with promoting negotiations between the South African government and the black majority.
  Person ID	I569	Yoruba Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	OBASANJO Olusegun Mathew Okikiola Aremu
  Family ID	F162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Other Spouse	OBASANJO Esther Oluremi Akinlawon             d. Yes, date unknown m. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Other Spouse	Stella Abebe           b. 14 Nov 1945             d. 23 Oct 2005  (Age 59 years) m. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Other Spouse	ADEKUNLE Mojisola           b. 1944             d. 04 Jun 2009  (Age 65 years) m. From 1991 to 1998
  Family ID	F164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Other Spouse	ALICE Bola           b. 01 Jan 1850
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Associated Press, Linda Obasanjo, 14 Feb 1987, https:/​/​www​.latimes​.com/​archives/​la-xpm-1987-02-14-mn-3173-story​.html (Reliability: 3).