President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday visited the Lagos residence of the Head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan, who died at 85 on Tuesday to commiserate with the family,
President Buhari was accompanied to the Lugard Avenue, Ikoyi’s residence of the late Shonekan by Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his Ogun and Yobe counterparts, Prince Dapo Abiodun and Mai Mala Buni.
President Buhari and his entourage, who arrived at Shonekan’s house around 4:40pm were received by the family of the late statesman
Buhari, who was on a one-day presidential visit to Ogun State to commission some projects by Governor Abiodun administration, stopped in Lagos on his way to Abuja and spent some time to commiserate with the late Shonekan family.
Shonekan was at the helm of affairs in Nigeria between August 26 and November 17, 1993 after General Ibrahim Babangida stepped aside as military president.
