BREAKING: President Buhari Pays Family Of Late Shonekan A Visit In Abeokuta
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived at the residence of Ernest Shonekan, the late Head of the Interim National Government, who died on Tuesday at the age of 85.
Buhari, who was in Ogun State on Thursday to launch state government projects, took time out of his itinerary to pay a visit to the late elder statesman’s family in Abeokuta, the state capital, and sympathize with his people.
He sympathised with the family over the demise of the former Head of the Interim National Government, who died in Lagos on Tuesday at the age of 85.
Shortly after Shonekan’s death, President Buhari ordered that the Nigerian flag be flown at half mast in his honor.
He had observed that Shonekan demonstrated to all that patriotism and commitment to the country’s prosperity, peace, and unity were more important than self-interested political gains.
Shonekan was at the helm of affairs in Nigeria between August 26 and November 17, 1993 after General Babangida stepped aside as military president.
