Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has appealed for peace to reign in Kano and urged the burial of political differences.
Shettima made the call while paying a condolence visit to the family of Galadiman Kano, Abbas Sanusi, who died some two weeks ago.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Kano State Governor, Mustapha Muhammad, on Saturday quoted the VP Shettima saying, “Please and please I plead with you not to allow politics to divide you, you should be united.
“Kano is the heart of the north and I am from North”, he added, praying that, “May Allah bring unity among us.”
In his welcome address, Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf thanked the Vice President on behalf of the government and people of Kano State.
“We thank you so much for coming to commiserate with us over the death of our father, grandfather. We pray for Almighty Allah to take you back home safely.”
A family representative of the late Galadiman Kano, Sunusi Abbas, expressed gratitude to the Vice President for the condolence visit and prayed for unity among Kano’s political leaders.
“We keep praying, may the demise of Galadiman Kano become an avenue for unity among the political leaders in Kano”.
A representative of late Sunusi Abbas’ family stated, adding that, “we saw every representative of the political parties.
We are grateful to the governor who was here at the funeral and came back to condole with us again, now he is here with the Vice President, we are grateful”.
