‘I Not Only Lost A Boss, I Lost a Friend’, Buhari’s Ex-Aide Femi Adesina Mourns Former President

Former presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, has expressed deep sorrow over the death of his former principal, ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, describing the late leader not only as a former boss but also as a close friend.

Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’ on Sunday night, Adesina revealed that he had visited the former President at his Kaduna home about a week before he (Buhari) departed for the medical trip to United Kingdom.

“About a week before he travelled for the medical check-up that he never returned from, I was with him in his home in Kaduna,” Adesina said during the interview. “I never knew that was the last time I would see him. So, I feel touched that President Buhari has passed away. I not only lost a boss, I lost a friend.”

Adesina, who served as Special Adviser on Media and Publicity throughout Buhari’s presidency from 2015 to 2023, maintained a close relationship with the former leader even after leaving office.

LEADERSHIP reports that former President Buhari died at 82 in a London hospital on earlier on Sunday evening, July 13, 2025.

His death was officially announced on Sunday evening by his longtime media aide, Garba Shehu.

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.”