Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Luanda, Angola, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 21st Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU).

On arrival in the Angolan capital, the Vice President was received by senior Angolan government officials as well as members of the Nigerian delegation already in Luanda for the high-level continental meeting.

Among the Nigerian officials who received the Vice President were the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu; Minister of Defence, retired General Christopher Musa; Acting Chargé d’Affaires of the Nigerian Mission in Angola, Maxy Ogbede; and Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo.

Also in the team were Minister of Regional Development, Abubakar Momoh; Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, and Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission Abike Dabiri-Erewa, among other senior government officials.