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ICYMI: Video Of Moment Buhari Was Buried In Daura

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Former President Muhammadu Buhari has finally been laid to rest in Katsina State.

He was laid to rest at his private residence in Daura this evening, following Islamic funeral rites.

It was a solemn moment as the lifeless body of the 82-year-old was brought out of a casket draped in sparkling green-white-green Nigerian colours, and lowered into the earth at exactly 5:50 pm in the presence of grieving children, family members, and associates.

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.

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, 25 members of the Federal Executive Council, former heads of state, and regional leaders among others.

Buhari was wrapped in the colour of the Nigerian flag, which was later removed from his body. A folded national flag was handed over to a member of his family.

Katsina State Governor Dikko Umaru Radda and other Northwest governors were also present, alongside international figures from West Africa, reflecting Buhari’s enduring influence.

Born on December 17, 1942, Mai Gaskiya served as the country’s military head of state between January 1984 and August 1985.

He later returned as Nigeria’s democratically elected president in May 2015, a position he held for eight unbroken years until May 2023, when he handed over to his party’s candidate, Tinubu.

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