Saturday, January 18, 2025 - Edna Ibru (nee Park), an ex-Miss Nigeria and former First Lady of Delta State, is dead.
Ibru, wife of Olorogun Felix Ibru, the first civilian Governor of Delta
State between 1991 and 1992, died in her 80s on Wednesday, in a London hospital
after a brief illness.
The deceased, who was Miss Nigeria 1964, and the first Nigerian/African
to represent Nigeria at Miss Universe, had two children for Ibru.
The Ibru family of Agbarha-Otor Kingdom in Delta State confirmed the
death of the former first lady in a statement issued by her son, Dr Paul Ibru,
copies of which were made available to journalists in Warri on Saturday.
“Our amazing mother passed into glory on
Wednesday 15, January 2025 after a brief illness”, the statement partly
read.
It continued, “Until her death, she
was full of life and we never expected her to leave us so soon but we cannot
question the will of God in her precious life.
“She was a lover of people, a mediator, a
mother to many, outrageously humorous, deeply caring, down to earth, full of
stories all of the time, and we will miss her very dearly.”
Paul added that arrangements for her burial would be announced by the family later.
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