By Imisioluwa Afunmiso
Nigeria’s Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has paid a condolence visit to former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, over the death of his mother, late Hajiya Fatima Umma.
Shettima joins a host of other eminent Nigerians across party divide who have commiserate with the former Governor.
The Vice President who paid the El-Rufai family the visit at their Abuja residence called for collective effort in uniting the nation aside political differences.
Senator Shettima prayed for the repose of the soul of the late matriarch of the El-Rufai family.
The late Hajiya Fatima Umma El-Rufai passed away on Friday, March 27, 2026 in Cairo, Egypt, at the age of 96.
The Vice President was received by former Governor of Bauchi State, Ahmad Adamu Muazu; former Chief of Army Staff, General Abdurrahman Dambazau; Abdullahi Sarkin Gobir Adiya, and the member Representing Kaduna North, Bello El-Rufai, with his brother Bashir El-Rufai also present.