Muhammadu Buhari, former president of Nigeria, is dead
According to his spokesperson, Mr. Buhari passed away on Sunday in a hospital in London.
Garba Shehu, his spokeswoman, stated that Mr. Buhari passed away on Sunday at a hospital in London. He was eighty-two when he passed away.
It was revealed by the former president’s family that Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, passed away this afternoon in a London clinic. Mr. Shehu posted on X, “May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus, Amin.”
According to OGULAGHA VANGUARDS, Mr. Buhari has been ill for weeks and was being treated at a hospital in London.
Since April, the former president has been out of the country. Sources close to Mr. Buhari’s family claim that he first traveled to the UK for what was billed as a standard medical examination before becoming ill.
From 2015 until 2023, Mr. Buhari served as president of Nigeria. After serving the two terms allowed by the constitution, he resigned on May 29, 2023.
From January 1984 to August 1985, he concurrently held the position of military head of state.
He frequently traveled to London for medical treatment when he was president. According to sources, his health considerably improved after he left office, but in April 2025, it declined once again. He has continued to receive therapy abroad ever since.
PROFILE
Adamu and Zulaiha Buhari welcomed Mr. Buhari into the world on December 17, 1942, in Daura, Katsina State. After his father passed away while he was around four years old, he was raised by his mother. He attended Daura and Maiduguri for his elementary schooling from 1948 to 1952. In 1953, he moved on to Katsina Middle School.
From 1956 to 1961, he obtained his West African School Certificate at the Katsina Provincial Secondary School (now Government College, Katsina). From 1971 until 1988, he was married to Safinatu Yusuf; since 1989, he has been married to Aisha Halilu. He has ten children, which is a blessing.
After being accepted to the Nigerian Military Training College in Kaduna in 1961, Mr. Buhari enlisted in the Nigerian Army.
He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in January 1963 after completing his first Officer Cadets training at Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot, England, from 1962 to 1963. From 1963 to 1964, he participated in the Platoon Commanders’ Course at the Nigerian Military College in Kaduna. In Abeokuta, he was subsequently named Platoon Commander of the Second Infantry Battalion.
In January 1963, he received his commission as a Second Lieutenant after completing his first training as an Officer Cadet at Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot, England, from 1962 to 1963. He participated in the Platoon Commanders’ Course at the Nigerian Military College in Kaduna from 1963 to 1964. After that, he was assigned to the Second Infantry Battalion in Abeokuta as the platoon commander.
Throughout his distinguished military career, he held a number of important command and staff roles in addition to political assignments. These included the following: Chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation; Federal Commissioner of Petroleum Resources; Military Secretary; Supreme Military Council Member; Military Governor of the North Eastern State; General Officer Commanding, 4th Infantry Division; and General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armoured Division.
In his long military career, he held a number of important command and staff roles in addition to political assignments. The following were among them: the Chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation; the Federal Commissioner of Petroleum Resources; the Military Secretary; the Supreme Military Council member; the Military Governor of the North Eastern State; the General Officer Commanding the 4th Infantry Division; and the General Officer Commanding the 3rd Armoured Division.
POLITICS
Throughout his remarkable military career, he held a number of important command and staff roles in addition to political assignments. Members of the Supreme Military Council, the Military Secretary, the Military Governor of the North Eastern State, the Federal Commissioner of Petroleum Resources, the Chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the General Officer Commanding the 4th Infantry Division, and the General Officer Commanding the 3rd Armoured Division were among them.
In his long military career, he held a number of important command and staff roles in addition to political assignments. The following were among them: the Chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation; the Federal Commissioner of Petroleum Resources; the Military Secretary; the Supreme Military Council member; the Military Governor of the North Eastern State; the General Officer Commanding the 4th Infantry Division; and the General Officer Commanding the 3rd Armoured Division.
Throughout his remarkable military career, he held a number of important command and staff roles in addition to political assignments. Members of the Supreme Military Council, the Military Secretary, the Military Governor of the North Eastern State, the Federal Commissioner of Petroleum Resources, the Chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the General Officer Commanding the 4th Infantry Division, and the General Officer Commanding the 3rd Armoured Division were among them.
The majority of Nigerians’ opinions of Mr. Buhari’s character had a significant impact on how the 2015 elections turned out. Mr. Buhari gave the impression of being an uncorruptible leader during that time, and he had turned down multiple previous chances to further his own wealth. After 16 years of PDP control at the national level, Nigerians eagerly awaited a new course, and his campaign theme, “Change,” was widely adopted.
Most Nigerians’ opinions of Mr. Buhari’s character had a big impact on how the 2015 elections turned out. Mr. Buhari had a reputation as an uncorruptible leader during that time and had turned down multiple previous chances to enhance his wealth. Most Nigerians who yearned for a change after 16 years of PDP administration at the national level adopted his campaign theme, “Change.”
He was reelected as president in 2019.
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