President Tinubu Instructs Shattima to Accompany Buhari's Corps to Nigeria, Ordered Half Mars
By Admin 13th July, 2025
President Bola Tinubu has instructed Vice Kashim Shattima to accompany the corps of former President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigeria for burial after his demise at London Hospital United Kingdom on Sunday.
The death was announced by his former spokesman Garba Shehu in a brief statement issued in the afternoon who confirmed the passing away
Shehu’s statement, shared with the press, reads: “INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAIHIRRAJIUUN. The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London. May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus, Amin.”
President Buhari, who served as Nigeria’s democratically elected president from 2015 to 2023, with prolong history of seeking medical treatment in the United Kingdom during and after his presidency.
He dies at the age of 82 and survived by one wife and 10 children and one grand child
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