Vice President shettima has aborted his official visit to the United States where he was scheduled to represent President Bola Tinubu at this year’s U.S-Africa Business Summit in Dallas, Texas.

He was scheduled to have left Abuja on Sunday evening.

The change of plans followed a technical fault in his aircraft, forcing him to make a detour.

A statement yesterday in Abuja by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications in the Office of the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha, confirmed the development.

The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, will now represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 2024 U.S-Africa Business Summit in Dallas, Texas.