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From Sola Ojo, Kaduna
Important personalities in Nigerian politics, security and business have continued to visit and condole with the family of the late first-generation indigenous police officer who served at the Police Force Headquarters in Kano and Kaduna State, Bukar Shettima who died at age of 94.
The late Shettima retired as a Police Commissioner and Director of the then Nigeria Security Organization (NSO) and after his retirement, he was called upon to serve as chairman of Magumeri and Kaga local government areas of Borno state.
Among the notable Nigerians who paid a condolence visit to the family of the deceased include Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, Former Vice President, Namadi Sambo, former Governors of Kaduna state Alhaji Ahmed Makarfi and Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, and the former Governor of Adamawa State, Jibrila Bindo.
Others are President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, His Royal Highness, Muhammadu Sanusi II, CEO Matrix Energy Abdulkadir Aliu, ACG customs Alh Sani Nuhu, Sen. Uba Sani, Hon Ashiru Kudan and Alhaji Adamu Attah among others.
Speaking to newsmen over the weekend, a retired Police Chief, Ibrahim Abba Gubio described their late father as an outstanding disciplinarian and incorruptible elder statesman, “our late friend and brother was an exemplary leader who would be missed for his contributions to the nation’s building and the development of the country”.
A Community leader and nephew of late Shettima, Bulama Mali Gubio, described the deceased as a “nobleman, a crusader against evil and a disciplinarian” who was courageous and always stood for justice.
Late Bukar Shettima died during the just-concluded Ramadan and left behind 14, children and several grandchildren amongst which are Kashim Bukar Shettima President /CEO of Barbedos Group and Hajiya Maryam Bayi, Director NCC Rtd.
