Former President Muhammadu Buhari was laid to rest on Tuesday evening at his residence in Daura, Katsina State, following Islamic burial rites.
The burial witnessed by national and international personalities.
His burial, which took place at exact 5:50 p.m., was attended by President Bola Tinubu; President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau; Prime Minister of Niger Republic, Ali Lamine Zeine; Vice President Kashim Shettima; Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda; National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu; former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; business magnate Aliko Dangote; and other top government officials and associates.
Earlier, Buhari’s body—draped in the Nigerian national flag—arrived in Daura at about 4:33 p.m. aboard a helicopter, accompanied by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, family members, and top government officials. The Islamic funeral prayer was observed at the helipad shortly after landing.
Following the prayers, President Tinubu led a procession of mourners to the graveside, where the former president was buried with full military honors, including gun salutes.
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, read Buhari’s official citation during the ceremony.
Buhari’s body had earlier arrived at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport in Katsina around 2:00 p.m., flown in from London, where he died on Sunday at a clinic after a prolonged illness. He was 80 years old.
The late president served as Nigeria’s military Head of State from 1983 to 1985, and later as a democratically elected president from 2015 to 2023.
It would be recalled that Buhari passed away on Sunday, July 13, in London at the age of 82, following a brief illness.
