Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, on Thursday aborted his trip to the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit in Samoa.
OsunDailyNG had earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu delegated Shettima
to represent Nigeria at the forthcoming meeting.
The presidency, however, on Thursday night, announced that Shettimaโs trip had been cancelled, revealing that a foreign object hit his plane during a stopover at JFK Airport in New York.
Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga who said a ministerial delegation will now represent Nigeria stated, โThe foreign object damaged the cockpit windscreen of the plane.
โPresident Tinubu, acting promptly, has approved a ministerial delegation to represent Nigeria at the summit in the Samoa capital of Apia while the planeโs repair has commenced.
โThe delegation, which will now represent Nigeria at the 2024 Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa, is being led by the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abass Lawal.
โThe summit began on the Pacific island on 21 October. It will end on 26 October. Vice President Shettima and foreign minister Yusuf Tuggar have left New York for Nigeria.โ