Buhari laid to rest in his Daura residence

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has been buried in the garden of his residence in Daura, Katsina state.

The body of the late president was interred after funeral prayers were held at a helipad near his country home on Tuesday.

Buhari was buried in a spot where he usually sat in his compound’s garden when he was alive.

Military pallbearers wheeled Buhari’s body, draped in the colours of the Nigerian flag, to the graveside in a trolley. Gunshots were fired as a mark of respect for the former president and commander-in-chief.

Chris Musa, chief of defence staff, read the citation of the former president by the graveside before the interment.

The Prime Minister of Niger, Ali Lamine Zeine, was present at the graveside alongside President Bola Tinubu, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, and former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, among others.

Earlier, Tinubu received Buhari’s remains at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport in Katsina.

He arrived from Abuja at 1:42 p.m. and inspected a guard of honour before the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) plane conveying Buhari’s body landed at exactly 1:51 p.m.

The late president passed away on Sunday, July 13, in a hospital in London, United Kingdom (UK), following a prolonged illness.