Former First Lady of Delta, Edna Ibru, Passes Away in London

Published on January 18, 2025

The Wife of first civilian governor of Delta State and former first lady, Mrs Edna Ibru (nee Park) has passed on in London.

Dr. Paul Aidido Ibru, the head of the Ibru family confirmed the passage of the former first lady in a statement on Saturday.

He said: “Our amazing mother passed into glory on Wednesday 15, January, 2025 after a brief illness.

“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.

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“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.”

Edna, a former Miss Nigeria ambassador and the first Nigerian to represent the country at Miss Universe in 1964, had two children for Ibru who was the first democratically elected executive governor of Delta State between 1991 to 1992.

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