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Body of former President Buhari arrives in Nigeria for burial
The body was taken from London, where former President Buhari passed away, to Katsina state for burial on Tuesday.
Body of former President Buhari arrives in Nigeria for burial
The body of the former Nigerian President Buhari arrives in Nigeria from London. / Reuters
20 hours ago

The body of former President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday for burial in his hometown of Daura.

The former leader is set to be laid to rest in his family compound.

Buhari, who died at the age of 82 in a London clinic on Sunday after a prolonged illness, ruled Nigeria first as a military leader in the 1980s and then later as a democratically elected president from 2015 to 2023.

Pay last respects

Residents of Daura and visitors, including high profile personalities, have been making their way to his home to pay their respects.

Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima led a government delegation accompanying the body of the former Nigerian leader from London. President Bola Tinubu received the body on arrival.

After arriving in the city of Katsina, the convoy will travel by road to the town of Daura, about 83 kilometres, where the body will laid to rest.

But as his body made its way from England on Tuesday, a massive security was deployed to ensure smooth burial.

High profile politicians, including Nigeria’s current President Bola Tinubu, his deputy Kashim Shettima, former President Goodluck Jonathan, Guinea Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and Niger’s Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zein, are among thousands of people attending the burial.

Nigerian government declared Tuesday a public holiday and ordered flags to fly at half-mast in honour of the late president.

SOURCE:TRT Afrika
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