Posted by Samuel on Mon 30th Mar, 2026 - tori.ng
Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice-President, disclosed this in a post on his official X handle on Monday.
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday paid a condolence visit to former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, following the de@th of his mother.
Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice-President, disclosed this in a post on his official X handle on Monday.
Earlier, Tori News reported that El-Rufai’s biological mother, Hajiya Umma El-Rufai, d!ed in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday.
The former governor has since then been receiving dignitaries at his residence in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
During the visit, Shettima described the deceased as a woman of great virtue and a pillar of strength for her family.
He offered prayers for the repose of her soul and for the El-Rufai family to find the strength to navigate the difficult period of mourning.
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