By Ayodele Oni & Akinwale Kasali
Former President Muhammadu Buhari is dead.
His spokesperson until his death, Mallam Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a terse statement.
Shehu issued the statement on Sunday afternoon.
According to available information, Buhari died on Sunday in a hospital in the United Kingdom.
He was flown abroad last week following report that he was critically ill. Vice President Kashim Shettima, has visited the former Nigeria leader at the hospital to wish him well.
Garba’s statement
INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAIHIR RAJI’UN
The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London.
May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus, Amin.
Signed,
Garba Shehu
Body Expected Back Later
Confirming his passing, too, his former aide, Bashir Ahmad, announced the passing of the former president on X.
He wrote: “The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London.
“May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus. Amin”, he wrote.
Buhari served as Nigeria’s civilian president from 2015 to 2023 after previously leading the country as a Military Head of State between 1983 and 1985, was known for his stance on anti-corruption and efforts to stabilise the economy.
His body is expected to leave London for Nigeria, for his burial rites according to Islamic injunction.
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