The wife of the President,
Mrs Aisha Buhari, on
Saturday paid a condolence
visit to the Sultan of Sokoto,
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III,
and the family of late
Marafan Sokoto, Alhaji Umaru
Shinkafi.
Speaking in Sokoto at the
palace of the Sultan, Mrs
Buhari described the death
of Shinkafi as a great loss to
Nigeria.
The wife of the president
also prayed God to repose
the soul of the deceased.
Responding, the Sultan
thanked the president’s wife
for the visit and for
assisting the less privileged
ones in the country.
Similarly, the former Head of
State, Gen. Abdulsalam
Abubakar, paid similar
condolence visit to the
Shinkafi family in Sokoto and
prayed God to grant him
Aljanna Firdaus.
He also prayed that Allah
would grant the family the
fortitude to bear the loss.
Other personalities who paid
condolence visit to the family
include former Defence
Minister, Gen. Aliyu Gusau
and PDP National Caretaker
Committee Chairman, Sen.
Ahmed Makarfi.
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina
State and Gov. Rochas
Okorocha of Imo were also
among those who paid
condolence visit to the late
Shinkafi family.