A portion of the motorcade that is carrying the body of former President Muhammadu Buhari to Daura, Katsina State, where it will be buried.
After President Bola Tinubu received Buhari's body on the tarmac, the convoy left the Katsina airport. The presidential jet conveying Buhari’s corpse from London touched down at the Katsina State airport at about 2pm.
Buhari’s corpse was accompanied from London by Vice President Kashim Shettima, Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, and family members.
Buhari died in London Clinic on Sunday at the age of 82 where he was treating an undisclosed illness.
Following the news of his death, Tinubu had dispatched Shettima to London to accompany the remains back to Nigeria.
In his residence in Daura, the immediate past president will be buried in accordance with Islamic rites.
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