Buhari To Be Buried Tuesday In Daura – Katsina Gov
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has announced that the late former President Muhammadu Buhari will be buried on Tuesday in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State.
Radda made the announcement on Monday while addressing journalists at the Government House in Katsina.
He said, “The burial arrangement for our father, the late president, who passed on yesterday in a hospital in London… We have made consultations with the family and people around in London, and we concluded that the body will arrive in Katsina tomorrow by 12 noon, and the burial is going to take place in Daura at about 2 pm.”
He extended condolences to Buhari’s family, the people of Nigeria, and President Bola Tinubu, describing Buhari’s death as a national loss.
“May Almighty Allah give us the fortitude to bear the loss,” the governor said.
OSUN DEFENDER reports that Buhari died on Sunday in a London hospital at the age of 82.
Following his death, President Tinubu directed Vice President Kashim Shettima and Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila to accompany Buhari’s remains back to Nigeria.
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