Shettima Represents Tinubu at Ex-President Buhari’s First-Year Memorial Prayers in Abuja

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday, represented President Bola Tinubu at the first-year remembrance, prayers and supplication held in honour of former President Muhammadu Buhari at the Nigerian Army International Conference Centre, Abuja.

This was disclosed by the spokesperson to the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha, in a post on his X handle, on Monday, July 13.

According to Nkwocha, Shettima attended the event as the Special Guest of Honour on behalf of President Tinubu to convey the Federal Government’s goodwill in honour of the late Nigerian leader.

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He said, “Representing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived at the Nigerian Army International Conference Centre, Abuja, as Special Guest of Honour at the first-year remembrance, prayers, and supplication for the late President Muhammadu Buhari.”

Nkwocha noted that the ceremony was organised to commemorate Buhari’s life and service to the nation.

He described the late leader as one who “served as Nigeria’s military Head of State from 1983 to 1985 and later as the country’s democratically elected civilian President from 2015 to 2023.”

The Vice President’s spokesman added that Shettima’s presence at the event was to “extend the goodwill of the Federal Government to the memory of the late” former President.