Body of former Nigerian leader Buhari to be flown home for simple burial

The assemblage of Nigeria's erstwhile President Muhammadu Buhari, who died aged 82 successful a London session connected Sunday is being flown location to beryllium buried successful his hometown successful Katsina state.

Katsina authorities politician Dikko Radda, who is successful the British superior with Buhari's family, said helium would beryllium buried aboriginal connected Monday successful Daura town, 50 miles (80km) from Katsina town.

Nigeria's Vice-President Kashim Shettima is besides successful London and volition travel Buhari's remains backmost to Nigeria.

"I conscionable near his household astatine the infirmary wherever helium died and the determination is that his remains volition beryllium taken to Daura for burial, the program is to permission successful the morning," Radda told DW Hausa.

The vice-president besides confirmed Daura to beryllium Buhari’s last resting spot successful a station connected societal media aft arriving successful London.

He said that Buhari had died aft a little unwellness without revealing immoderate further details.

In enactment with Islamic teachings Buhari is expected to beryllium buried arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable successful a elemental ceremony, Islamic cleric Abdullahi Garangamawa told the BBC.

"The lone happening that should halt Buhari's corpse from being buried contiguous [Monday] is if his assemblage arrives [in] Daura successful the nighttime due to the fact that Islam frowns astatine nighttime burials. In that case, Tuesday greeting volition beryllium fine," the cleric added.

Tributes person continued to determination successful for the precocious service wide who was 1 of lone 2 radical to person led Nigeria doubly (both arsenic subject and civilian president) successful its post-independence history.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, defeated by Buhari successful the 2015 election, described the precocious person arsenic idiosyncratic who "was selfless successful his committedness to his work and served the state with quality and a heavy consciousness of patriotism".

Former subject ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida, overthrown by Buhari successful a 1985 coup, besides showered praises connected the octogenarian.

"He is simply a antheral who, adjacent successful retirement, remained a motivation compass to many, and an illustration of modesty successful nationalist life,” Babangida noted.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is expected to be the ceremonial supplication successful Daura town, has declared a seven-day nationalist mourning play successful honour of his predecessor.

In an authoritative condolence connection released connected Sunday evening, Tinubu said the federation would wage its last respects to the erstwhile person with dignity and honour, starting with the lowering of each nationalist flags to half-mast crossed the state from Sunday.