Kaduna was agog yesterday as personalities from within and outside the shores of Kaduna and Nigeria visited in honour of the late Bukar Shettima, a retired police chief who died at the age of 94.
Notable Nigerians who visited the family of the deceased include Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, former Vice-President Namadi Sambo, Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Muhammadu Sanusi II, former Governors of Kaduna State Senator Mohammed Ahmed Makarfi and Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero and the former Governor of Adamawa State, Alhaji Jibrila Bindo.
Other personalities include CEO Matrix Energy Abdulkadir Aliu, ACG Customs Alhaji Sani Nuhu, Senator Uba Sani, Ashiru Kudan and Alhaji Adamu Attah.
Also at the deceased’s residence was the Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, among others.
The late Shettima was a first-generation indigenous police officer who served at the Police Force Headquarters Kano and Kaduna respectively.
He retired as a Police Commissioner and Director of the then Nigeria Security Organisation (NSO).
After his retirement, he was called to serve as Chairman of Magumeri and Kaga local government areas of Borno State.
One of the children of the deceased, Alhaji Ibrahim Abba Gubio described their late father as an outstanding disciplinarian and incorruptible elder statesman.
Alhaji Gubio, who is also a retired police chief, said the deceased was an exemplary leader who would be missed for his contributions to nation-building and the development of the country.
Also, a community leader and Nephew to the late Shettima, Bulama Mali Gubio, described the deceased as a nobleman, crusader against evil and a disciplinarian who was courageous and always stood for justice.
The late Alhaji Bukar Shettima died during the just-concluded Ramadan and left behind 14 children and several grandchildren among which is Alhaji Kashim Bukar Shettima, President/CEO Barbedos Group and Hajiya Maryam Bayi, retired Director of NCC.
