Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday attended the wedding fatiha of Halima Junaid, granddaughter of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, and Walid Muazu, son of Iyan Katagum, held at Yahaya Road Juma’at Mosque in Ungwan Rimi, Kaduna, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Shettima, representing the bride, was joined by notable figures, including Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Senator Ibrahim Hadejia; Minister of Environment, Alhaji Balarabe Lawal; Minister of Transportation, Senator Sa’idu Alkali; and Representative Lawal Zannah. Alhaji Shehu Mauzu represented the groom.
Distinguished guests included former Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN), former EFCC Chairman Abdulraseed Bawa, Yusuf Muhammadu Buhari, and former State Security Service Director-General Malam Yusuf Bichi, alongside other prominent figures from Kaduna and beyond.
Following the ceremony, Shettima visited the residence of former President Buhari to meet his widow, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari.
He conveyed President Bola Tinubu’s heartfelt regards and reaffirmed ongoing support, stating, “I cannot come to Kaduna and go without coming to this house. May Allah grant his soul eternal rest and reward him with Aljannah and may Allah give you the fortitude to bear the loss.”
Shettima also paid a condolence visit, on behalf of President Tinubu, to Alhaji Garba Datti Muhammad, APC National Vice Chairman (North West), over the loss of his son.
He remarked, “President Tinubu said it is absolutely essential that you should represent me at the wedding fatiha and most importantly, go and pay a condolence visit to the National Vice Chairman (North West) of the All Progressives Congress, who lost a son.”
He extended deep sympathies to the APC leader and Kaduna State’s governor, as reported by NAN.
