Nigeria’s immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari, is dead. His former aide, Bashir Ahmad, announced the passing of the former president on X. He wrote: “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.”
The former president’s official spokesperson, Garba Shehu, has also announced his demise.
He posted on X: “INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAIHIRRAJIUUN. The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, this afternoon in a clinic in London. May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus, Amin.”
Buhari was hospitalized in a London hospital days ago, where he was said to have been admitted in the Intensive Care Unit. Days ago, there were reports that he had been discharged and was recuperating.
