Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will be representing President Muhammadu Buhari at the State Funeral for former President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, tomorrow
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo would be joining other African leaders and Heads of State expected at the occasion scheduled for the country’s National Stadium in Harare.
Heads of State expected to attend the funeral include President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya.
Mugabe’s body on arrival in Harare
Mugabe, who was Zimbabwean Prime Minister and later President for 37 years altogether, until 2017, died last week at the age of 95 in a Singaporean hospital.
The Vice president Yemi Osinbajo, who would be accompanied on the trip by senior government officials, leaves for Harare this afternoon for the funeral.
Foreign dignitaries were due to start arriving in Harare ahead of a state funeral planned to be held at the country’s National Sports Stadium on Saturday.