Ex-Miss Nigeria and former First Lady of Delta State, Edna Ibru (nee Park), has died after a brief illness.
Naija News reports that Edna, the wife of the first civilian Governor of Delta State between 1991 and 1992, Olorogun Felix Ibru, died in her 80s on Wednesday in a London hospital.
The Ibru family of Agbarha-Otor Kingdom in Delta State confirmed the former first lady’s death in a statement issued by her son, Paul Ibru, which was made available to journalists in Warri on Saturday.
Paul noted that the family would announce arrangements for Edna’s burial later.
The statement read, “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.
“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.”
The deceased, who was Miss Nigeria in 1964 and the first Nigerian/African to represent Nigeria at Miss Universe, had two children for Ibru.