A previously unseen photo of Yakubu Gowon has surfaced online and has gotten many people talking about it.
Yakubu Gowon
General Yakubu Gowon is the former head of state of Nigeria who
ruled from 1966 to 1975. He is renowed for helping to stop the
break-away of Eastern Nigeria from the country.
Gowon took power after one military coup d'état and was overthrown in another.
Recently, a new photo of the former Nigerian leader emerged on social media showing him as a young man.
See the photo below:
The former Head of State is pictured
above with his wife of 47 years as a young couple in 1969. That was the
same year they got married.
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