Vice President Kashim Shettima has reunited with a group of security staff he affectionately calls his 'Fullo cousins'. The men work as guards at the Kashim Ibrahim University Teaching Hospital in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. Their bond with Shettima stems from shared family roots, and the nickname he uses for them points to kinship rather than a mere working relationship. Shettima governed Borno for eight years before becoming Vice President in 2023, and he has kept close ties with people from his home state since moving to Abuja. A reunion of this kind carries weight in Nigerian politics, where leaders are often judged by whether they remember those they came up with. For the security men, the encounter put their everyday work at the hospital gates in the public eye. The story stands out partly because it shows a senior official treating guards like family rather than faceless staff.