Vice President Kashim Shettima arrived Ado Ekiti Airport in Ekiti State at 12:41 pm on Tuesday to represent President Bola Tinubu at the mega rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC), holding at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion in the state capital.
Alighting from a Nigeria Air Force aircraft with registration number 5N-FGW, Shettima was received by Governor Biodun Oyebanji, who is also the flag bearer of the party in Saturday’s governorship election; his deputy, Chief (Mrs.) Monisade Afuye and APC governors across many states and top echelon of the party.
Immediately after the airport formalities, the Vice President left the airport in a motorcade to the palace of the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba (Dr.) Adeyemo Adejugbe to pay a courtesy visit to the frontline traditional ruler.
Shettima is also expected to hold a parley with traditional rulers in the state at the Government House in Ado-Ekiti before proceeding to the pavilion for the rally.
Other eminent personalities who received the Vice President included the national chairman of APC, Prof Nentawe Yikwatda; Senate President Godswill Akpabio; Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, who is also Chairman of the campaign council; some other state governors, other members of the campaign council and federal lawmakers.
The visit marks Shettima’s second one to the state within one week. Last week, the Vice President performed the turning of the sod for the Ekiti Knowledge Zone and commission the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu flyover, one of the legacy projects of the Oyebanji administration.
