•Buhari buried in Daura
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has been laid to rest amid tears and tributes.
He was lowered into the grave around 6pm (Nigerian time) today, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, reports The Nation.
The burial was held within the premises of his family compound.
A solemn military reception was also held at the graveside.
Before the late Buhari’s internment, his casket was draped in Nigeria’s green and white colours.
Burial prayers for Buhari were completed at exactly 4:56 p.m. in Daura, Katsina State.
The solemn Islamic rites were conducted in line with Muslim traditions and were led by the Chief Imam of Daura.
The remains of Buhari had arrived at the Katsina airport at about 2:07 p.m., shortly after President Tinubu touched down at the same place.
The body was accompanied by Vice President Kashim Shettima, Chief of Staff to President Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum, and other people, including members of Buhari’s family.
A joint team of military pallbearers comprising nine senior officers laid the casket, draped with the Nigerian flag, on a trolley.
Major-General Mohammed Usman, Major-General Oluwafemi Williams, Major-General Shuaibu Nuhu, Rear Admiral Suleiman Dahun, Rear Admiral Jonathan Ajodo, Rear Admiral Samuel Ngatuwa, Air Vice Marshal Adeniyi Herbert Amesinlola, Air Vice Marshal Idi Sanni, and Air Vice Marshal Obinna Obiabaka. Major General Mike Alechenu coordinated the team.
The pallbearers wheeled the former leader’s casket in a slow march, in sync with the hymn “God Be With You Till We Meet Again,” passing through a full military guard of honour comprising six officers and 96 soldiers drawn from the Nigerian Armed Forces.
President Tinubu and others walked behind the casket trolley in a solemn procession. The pallbearers escorted the casket into a waiting military hearse for the one-hour journey to Daura, where funeral prayers and the burial ceremony would take place.
The state funeral featured full military honours, including a 21-gun salute.
Buhari died in a London clinic on Sunday, July 13, at the age of 82, after a prolonged illness.
The federal government has declared today as a public holiday in honour of the former president whose remains would be buried in accordance with Islamic rites in his hometown of Daura.
The ceremony had in attendance dignitaries including foreign emissaries, state governors, ministers, political elites and traditional rulers were in Daura to pay their last respects to late Buhari.
President Umaru Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau; Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Prime Minister of Niger, Ali Lamine Zeine, former President of Niger, Issoufou Mahamadou, Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai; Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; First Lady Remi Tinubu; Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin; Emir of Daura, Umar Faruk and that of Katsina, Abdilmuminu Kabir.
Others include: Former Senate President Ahmad Lawan, former Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Ali Pantami; former Governor of Rivers State and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, former Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun; and Ali Modu Sheriff, former Governor of Borno State and former PDP National Chairman.
Others are Yahaya Bello, former Governor of Kogi State, Aliyu Wammako, former Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, former Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Masari, former Governor of Katsina State, Kayode Fayemi, former Governor of Ekiti State and Pauline Tallen, former Deputy Governor of Plateau State and former Minister of Women Affairs.
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