As we gear up towards the celebration of the Nigerian 55th Independence day, we bring you pictures of the President's late wife, Safinatu Buhari.

 

President Buhari with his Late wife and children (Photo Credit: News2 Online Nigeria)

 

We bring to you throwback epic photos of Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari and his late wife, Safinatu Muhammadu with their children.

The couple reportedly got married in 1971 when the bride was 18. she was born on the 11th December 1952, of Fulani descendant and related to the late Shehu Usman Danfodio.

 

The marriage produced five children, namely, Zulaiha (Late), Fatima, Musa, Hadiza and Safinatu Buhari. In 1998 Hajiya Safinatu was diagnosed of diabetes and after living with it for eight years, she succumbed to the ailment and give up the ghost on the 14th of January 2006.