Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday visited Aisha Buhari, the widow of late former President Muhammadu Buhari, in London.
Shettima is leading a Federal Government delegation to facilitate the repatriation of the former President’s remains to Nigeria. During the visit, he also met with members of the late President’s family, including his children.
Photographs from the visit, now circulating on social media, show the Vice President consoling the former First Lady and her children, who appeared visibly grief-stricken.
Buhari, who previously served as Nigeria’s military Head of State and later as a democratically elected President, died in London after a prolonged illness. While in office, he spent a total of at least 225 days on medical leave abroad, including a 104-day stay in London in 2017.
The Federal Government delegation is expected to return to Nigeria with Buhari’s remains on Tuesday, ahead of his burial scheduled to hold the same day in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State.
