By Akinwale Kasali
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has received the body of the former President, Muhammadu Buhari, upon arrival from London, United Kingdom (UK), at the Umaru Yar’Adua Airport in Katsina State.
Tinubu, who was accompanied by the former Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the Senate President, Goodswill Akpabio, and State Governors, received the former President’s ’s body from the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, who led the delegation that brought back the body.
The President, alongside dignitaries, will be taking the body to the deceased former leader’s hometown, Daura, where he will be laid to rest under Islamic rites.
On the road to Buhari’s hometown, many sympathisers had gathered along the roads to catch a glimpse of the casket covered in the country’s flag and the dignitaries that accompanied the body of Daura’s most respected leader to its final resting place.
As gathered, the burial site for the former leader has been dug inside his residence, where sympathizers have gathered to pay their last respects to the ex-president who passed on at the age of 82 after a brief illness.
He is scheduled to be buried by 4pm.
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