A popular figure associated with charity work, her demise drew eulogies from all sides of the political spectrum.
National Labour Congress president Adams Oshiomhole offered his solemn condolences, alongside President Olusegun Obasanjo's vice president and political Nemesis Atiku Abubakar and fellow presidential contender Lietenant General Mohammed Gusau.
To compound the sense of shock in the nation came the news that 117 passengers and crew had been killed in an air crash near Lagos.
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