Bukola Saraki and his wife, Toyin Saraki, were among the dignitaries that attended the lying-in-state ceremony in honour of Kofi Annan, ex-United Nations Secretary-General.
Other dignitaries from Nigeria, who attended the ceremony include ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and ex-military head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar.
The lying-in-state ceremony held in Ghana on Thursday, September 13, 2018.
The ceremony is part of the ceremony scheduled for the burial rites of the late ex-UN Sec Gen.
Other world dignitaries arrived Ghana to pay their last respects to the late Annan.
A winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 for humanitarian work, Annan died on August 18, 2019 in Switzerland, after a brief illness.
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday described late Kofi Annan as a global statesman, who dedicated his life to equity, justice, stability, security, human rights and other virtues that promote world peace.
Annan, who was a former Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), died on Saturday at the age of 80 years in a Swiss hospital.
Obasanjo in a statement issued in Abeokuta in reaction to the death of Annan, said he received the news with sadness and shock.
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