The immediate past president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, who died in a London hospital on Sunday, June 13, 2025, was buried around 5:50pm on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in his Daura Home town in Katsina State.
The former president was buried according to Islamic rite after a prayer session led by the Chief Imam of Katsina State.
The ceremony had a big crowd of mourners led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as well as military gun salutes.
Muhammadu Buhari Departs the World
The body, which left the United Kingdom earlier on Tuesday, was received at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport in Katsina by President Tinubu.
Tinubu arrived at the airport from Abuja at 1:42 p.m. and inspected a guard of honour before the Nigerian Air Force plane conveying the remains of his predecessor landed at exactly 1:51 p.m.
Vice President Kashim Shettima, Chief of Staff to the President Femi Gbajabiamila, Buhari’s widow, Aisha, and other family members accompanied his Buhari’s remains to Nigeria.
Muhammadu Buhari and his Family
Tinubu, along with Shettima, President Umaru Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau, Prime Minister of Niger, Ali Lamine Zeine, former President of Niger, Issoufou Mahamadou, and former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, received the casket of the late president at the foot of the aircraft.
A joint team of military pallbearers comprising nine senior officers laid the casket, draped with the Nigerian flag, on a trolley.
The team included Major-General Mohammed Usman, Major-General Oluwafemi Williams, Major-General Shuaibu Nudu, Rear Admiral Suleiman Dahun, Rear Admiral Jonathan Ajodo, Rear Admiral Samuel Ngatuwa, Air Vice Marshal Adeniyi Herbert Amesinlola, Air Vice Marshal Idi Sanni, and Air Vice Marshal Obinna Obiabaka. Major General Mike Alechenu coordinated the team.
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The pallbearers wheeled the former leader’s casket in a slow march, in sync with the hymn “God Be With You Till We Meet Again,” passing through a full military guard of honour comprising six officers and 96 soldiers drawn from the Nigerian Armed Forces.
Tinubu and others walked behind the casket trolley in a solemn procession.
The pallbearers escorted the casket into a waiting military hearse for the one-hour journey to Daura, where funeral prayers and the burial ceremony would take place.
The state funeral featured full military honours, including a 21-gun salute.
