• Shettima, Atiku, Obi, others attend prayer session in Daura

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has explained how President Bola Tinubu directed him to visit the late former President Muhammadu Buhari on his sickbed in London, United Kingdom, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported.

Shettima made this known on Wednesday after a brief prayer for the repose of the soul of Buhari, held at the deceased’s residence in Daura, Katsina State.

He said Tinubu was personally pained by the loss of Buhari, adding that it was not a loss only to the family of Buhari, the people of Daura or the people of Katsina State, but it was a major loss to the nation and to the African continent.

According to him, people from far and wide have called to commiserate with Tinubu over the sad demise of “our elder statesman.”

He stated that every soul shall test the torment of death, adding that death was an inevitable destiny that hangs on everyone’s neck.