Shettima visits Buhari’s family in London, awaits repatriation of body
Vice-President Kashim Shettima, on Monday, paid a condolence visit to the family of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari in London, following the statesman’s death on Sunday, July 13, 2025.
According to a statement issued by Mr Stanley Nkwocha, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (Office of the Vice President), Shettima was in London on the directive of President Bola Tinubu to oversee the process of returning Buhari’s remains to Nigeria for burial.
The late former president, aged 82, died at a London medical facility where he had been undergoing treatment. Buhari had initially travelled to the UK in April for a routine medical check-up.
While in London, Shettima also visited Malam Mamman Daura, Buhari’s nephew and close confidant, who is currently receiving medical care at a hospital.
Nkwocha noted that Shettima’s condolence visit was part of his engagements while awaiting final documentation and repatriation arrangements for the late president’s body.
The late Buhari is expected to be buried in his hometown of Daura, Katsina State, on Tuesday under Islamic rites.
Buhari, who ruled Nigeria as a military head of state between 1983 and 1985, later served as the country’s democratic president from 2015 to 2023. He is survived by his wife, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, and eight children.
Vice President Shettima was accompanied on the trip by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, and Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Senator Ibrahim Hadejia.
