The lifeless body of Nigeria's former President, Mohammodu Buhari was on Tuesday lowered into the grave in his country home in Daura, Katsina State at exactly 5:50 pm in the presence of grieving children, family members, and associates
The body of the 82-year-old Buhari was brought out of a casket, draped in sparkling green-white-green Nigerian colours before being lowered into the earth for the burial
Full military honours and other accompaniments, such as gun salutes and tuneful processions befitting a former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, were accorded to Buhari.
Islamic rites also preceded the interment of the former Nigerian leader in Daura.
Before the funeral, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had received the body of his predecessor at the Katsina Airport after it was flown from London, the United Kingdom, where the former Nigerian president died at The London Clinic on Sunday, July 13, 2025, after a prolonged illness.
Beyond being the final resting place of the general-turned-statesman, Daura, a small agrarian town in North-West Nigeria, was also the birthplace of the man known by millions of his cult-like northern followers as the “Mai Gaskiya” in Hausa language, meaning the truth-teller.
Buhari was more than just a regional leader in Nigeria's political history, having led Africa's most populous country for a cumulative period of nine years and eight months, both as a military head of state and a democratically elected president, making him one of the longest-serving Nigerian leaders.
Leading the roll call of mourners-in-chief was the former president’s widow, Aisha; Buhari’s successor, President Bola Tinubu; his vice, Kashim Shettima; Buhari’s former deputy, Yemi Osinbajo; former vice president Atiku Abubakar; billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote; serving and former governors, ministers, first-class traditional rulers, religious leaders, among others.
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