- Safiu Kehinde
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has on Friday returned to Abuja after performing the lesser hajj (Umrah) at the Holy Mosque of Makkah (Masjid al-Haram) in Saudi Arabia.
This was announced in a statement issued on Friday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications, Office of the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha.
Nkwocha stated that during the vice-president visit at the holy site, he offered prayers for Nigeria’s peace and stability.
He also said that Shettima’s supplications included prayers for Nigeria’s leadership, from the federal to local government levels.
” Our prayer is for peace to prevail in our land. May Allah grant our land peace and social harmony,” Shettima prayed.
Nkwocha said that prior to his spiritual journey, Shettima had represented President Bola Tinubu at the inauguration of a $315 million oil production and storage facility owned by Oriental Energy Limited (OERL) in Dubai, UAE.