Presidential Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashin Shettima and other notable dignitaries in the country bid the late former President Muhammadu Buhari farewell as he was laid to rest in his Daura country home in Daura, Katsina state on Tuesday evening.
Large crowds lined the streets of Daura and gathered at the former President’s residence to pay their last respects.
The former President’s final journey began on Tuesday afternoon, when his body arrived from London at Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport in Katsina.
Tinubu and other dignitaries, including President Umaru Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau, Prime Minister of Niger Republic, Ali Lamine Zeine, former President of Niger Republic, Issoufou Mahamadou, former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, governors and business leaders, escorted the late President’s remains on the hour-long drive to Daura.
Upon arrival, a brief lying-in-state ceremony was held at President Buhari’s residence, followed by the funeral prayer (Salatul Janazah) led by Sheikh Salisu Rabiu, the Imam of the Central Mosque in Daura.
Tinubu and the late President’s close family members witnessed the final interment at 5.50 p.m.
The state funeral was marked by full military honours, including a reveille and a 21-gun salute.
Accordibg to a release by a presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, a weeklong programme of events will continue later on Tuesday with a condolence visit to President Buhari’s family by the Presidential Committee.
