EXCLUSIVE - Lagos socialite, Toyin Igbira dies at 56.

Alhaja Monsurat Ashabi Oluwatoyin Oyemade Rufai Abraham, popularly known as Toyin Igbira, has died at the age of 56.

She died on the 19th of July after losing the battle to a protracted illness she had been nursing for over 5 years.

TheLate Toyin Igbira, who hit big headlines several times for controversial reasons was born on the 18th of February, 1963.

She was arrested many times for drug trafficking offences. She’s been ill for over 5 years now, but about 2 years ago, there were reports that she had survived the life-threatening illness and that she had returned to Nigeria after receiving medical treatment abroad.

Igbira owns comfortable houses in Abuja, Lagos and the United States.