Ladi Bako, widow of the first governor of Kano State, Audu Bako, has died at age 93.
Her daughter Zainab Bako confirmed the death to reporters on Wednesday.
She said the nonagenarian died at Prime Specialist Hospital in Kano after a protracted illness.
It was learnt that her funeral rites would be held at the Emir’s Palace, Kofar Kudu, Kano.
Her late husband was appointed military governor of the old Kano State from May 1967 to July 1975.
Bako was a Nigerian police officer and the first governor of Kano State during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon following the formation of the state from the Northern region.
Ladi was born in Sabon Gari in 1930.
She attended missionary schools up to Standard 2. According to Ladi, her parents came from mid-western Nigeria and settled at Sabon Gari.
In 1949, Bako met Ladi and their love story began. At that time, she was 19 and Bako was 25.
Bako died in 1980.
