Former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has died on Sunday.
A brief statement issued on Sunday afternoon by his longtime media aide, Garba Shehu, confirmed that the former leader passed away in a London clinic.
Shehu’s statement, shared with the press, read: “INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAIHIRRAJIUUN. 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 signed off with the date: July 13, 2025.
No further details were provided regarding the cause of death, but Buhari, who served as Nigeria’s president from 2015 to 2023, had a long history of seeking medical treatment in the United Kingdom during and after his presidency.
Buhari, a retired Major General in the Nigerian Army, previously ruled the country as a military head of state from 1983 to 1985 before returning as a democratically elected president three decades later. He was the first opposition candidate in Nigerian history to defeat an incumbent president.
Funeral arrangements were yet to be announced.
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