DAURA BIDS FAREWELL TO BUHARI AS EX-PRESIDENT IS LAID TO REST WITH FULL HONOURS
TEC News | KATSINA STATE – July 15, 2025
Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, was laid to rest in his hometown of Daura on Tuesday amidst full military honours and deep national mourning. The late statesman, who served as both military head of state and civilian president, was interred in line with Islamic rites following a solemn funeral ceremony attended by dignitaries from across the nation.
The body of the late president arrived in Daura to a reverent reception, followed by a military procession that included ceremonial gun salutes and a final parade—hallmarks of a leader who once held the nation’s highest command as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
Daura, a modest agrarian town in Nigeria’s North-West, stood still as one of its most iconic sons returned home for the final time. Beyond being his place of birth, Daura had always remained a personal sanctuary for the man many in the North revered as “Mai Gaskiya”—the truth-teller.
Buhari’s leadership legacy spanned nearly a decade in two distinct eras: first as Nigeria’s military ruler from 1983 to 1985, and later as a democratically elected president serving from 2015 to 2023. His cumulative nine years and eight months in power make him the second longest-serving leader in Nigeria’s history.
Present to pay their last respects were President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and former Vice Presidents Yemi Osinbajo and Atiku Abubakar. Others included billionaire industrialist Aliko Dangote, serving and former governors, ministers, top military officers, first-class traditional rulers, and religious leaders from across faiths.
The late president’s widow, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, led the grieving family as Daura and the entire nation bade a final farewell to a leader whose life shaped modern Nigerian politics.