Victoria Nwanyiocha Aguyi-Ironsi (21 November 1923 – 23 August 2021) was the second First Lady of Nigeria from 16 January 1966 to 29 July 1966.

[1] She was the widow of General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi who was the first Nigerian military head of state, he was killed in Ibadan[2] in a counter coup led by Murtala Muhammed which led to the installation of General Yakubu Gowon.

[4] She married Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi as a student of Holy Rosary Convent School, Okigwe in 1953.

[5][6] Following the death of Samuel Ademulegun and his wife, she moved his children from Kaduna to Lagos and cared for them.

[7] She had 8 children who were taken away and cared for by nuns in Ibadan under the direction of Adekunle Fajuyi during the Nigerian Civil War.