UPDATE: Former President Buhari Is Dead
Written by News Desk on July 13, 2025
Immediate Past Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has been confirmed dead at a Clinic in London, United Kingdom
The confirmation was made known in a Statement by his spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu.
The statement reads:
“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.”
Meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima to proceed to London to accompany the Body of the Former President back to the Country.
This order was contained in a Statement by the Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Media and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga.
The Statement says, the President also announced that the National Flag be flown half mast as a mark of last respect to the Former President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Deceased was the President between 2015 to 2023 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC
He also served as the Military Head of State between January 1984 to 1985.
He was aged 82