The senate will hold a special session on Wednesday in honour of the late President Muhammadu Buhari.
Buhari died on Sunday in a clinic in London, following a prolonged illness. He was buried at his residence in Daura, Katsina state, on Tuesday.
The decision was made on Tuesday following a motion moved by Gbenga Daniel, senator representing Ogun east, to honour Oba Sikiru Adetona, the late Awujale of Ijebuland.
The monarch died hours after the announcement of Buhari’s death, his longtime friend.
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The red chamber observed a minute of silence in memory of the late monarch.
Opeyemi Bamidele, the senate majority leader, said the country lost two eminent citizens on the same day.
“By way of notice, Mr President and distinguished colleagues, Nigerians lost two illustrious sons on the same day. The second person, another icon, was His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR,” Bamidele said.
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“I want to inform that, by the grace of God, tomorrow, Wednesday, this senate will be taking a special motion, as well, to honour the late President Muhammadu Buhari, and distinguished colleagues will also have a chance to make contributions in that regard.”
He served as head of state between 1983 and 1985, and later as democratically elected president from 2015 to 2023.
