In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Second from Left, Yusuf Buhari, Third, Left, The son of Nigeria, Late Former President Muhammadu Buhari, upon arrival at the airport in Katsina, Nigeria, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (Taiwo Okanlawon/Nigeria State House via AP)
In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, center, received the body of late former Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari, upon arrival at the airport in Katsina, Nigeria, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (Taiwo Okanlawon/Nigeria State House via AP)
In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Pall bearers remove the body of late former President Muhammadu Buhari, from the plane at the airport in Katsina, Nigeria, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (Taiwo Okanlawon/Nigeria State House via AP)
Former Nigerian president Buhari is buried as thousands pay respects
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was buried Tuesday in his northern hometown as thousands of people lined the streets to say goodbye.
In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Second from Left, Yusuf Buhari, Third, Left, The son of Nigeria, Late Former President Muhammadu Buhari, upon arrival at the airport in Katsina, Nigeria, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (Taiwo Okanlawon/Nigeria State House via AP)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was buried Tuesday in his northern hometown as thousands of people lined the streets to say goodbye.
Buhari died aged 82 on Sunday in London after battling an undisclosed illness that kept him out of public life since he handed over power in 2023.
Current President Bola Tinubu and several regional leader attended. Senegal’s President Bassirou Faye described Buhari as a “leading figure in Nigerian and and African political life.”
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Buhari ruled Africa’s most populous nation twice as a military dictator and democratic president and was one of the country’s most influential figures. His presidency was marked by a prolonged health crisis that led to long medical trips abroad.
His includes a widespread clampdown on human rights, isolationist economic policies and escalating insecurity.
He first came to power in a coup in 1983 and was ousted two years later. He then won presidential elections in 2015 and 2019, making him the second-longest Nigerian leader.
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