The immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari, has been laid to rest in the courtyard of his private residence in Daura, Katsina State, after a State and Islamic funeral rites.
The late president, initially wrapped in the green-white-white colours of the Nigerian flag, was interred at about 5:50 pm on Tuesday evening.
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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 President Muhammadu. 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; Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote; serving and former governors, ministers, first-class traditional rulers, religious leaders, among others.
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