Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has arrived in London following the death of former president Muhammadu Buhari.
Shettima was received in the British capital by minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar and Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum.
The Vice President’s trip is on the directive of President Bola Tinubu, who announced Buhari’s passing on Sunday.
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According to the president’s directive, Shettima and the Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila are to accompany Buhari’s body back to Nigeria.
The former president who died in London at the age of 82 served as Nigeria’s military head of state from 1984 to 1985 and as civilian president from 2015 to 2023.
(Editor: Okechukwu Eze)
