Muhammadu Buhari’s body leaves for Daura, Katsina State

The remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari have been taken to Daura, his hometown, for burial.

The body, which had earlier arrived at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport, was received by President Bola Tinubu, accompanied by service chiefs and top politicians, who had thronged the airport before the body touched down in a Nigerian Air Force jet.

The body was accompanied by Vice President Kassim Shetima and some members of Buhari’s immediate family, including Aisha, his wife.

After a brief airport ceremony conducted by the Nigerian military, the body was conveyed by a NAF hearse by road to Daura, Buhari’s hometown, where hundreds of thousands of Nigerians had gathered since dawn to pay their last respects to the man they saw as a friend of the poor and the downtrodden.