The remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari have been interred. The interment was held at his residence in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State at about 5.50 p.m.
Before the interment, a funeral prayer session led by the Chief Imam of Katsina State was held at a helipad near his residence.
The former president died on Sunday in London after a prolonged illness.
Following the announcement of his death, President Bola Tinubu directed Vice President Kashim Shettima and the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, to join the family of the deceased to bring his remains back home.
The body arrived on Tuesday and was received by President Bola Tinubu at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport in Katsina.
In the company of the president to receive the body were President Umaru Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau; Prime Minister of Niger, Ali Lamine Zeine; former President of Niger, Issoufou Mahamadou, and former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
A joint team of military pallbearers comprising nine senior officers laid the casket, draped with the Nigerian flag, on a trolley.
The team included Major-General Mohammed Usman, Major-General Oluwafemi Williams, Major-General Shuaibu Nudu, Rear Admiral Suleiman Dahun, Rear Admiral Jonathan Ajodo, Rear Admiral Samuel Ngatuwa, Air Vice Marshal Adeniyi Herbert Amesinlola, Air Vice Marshal Idi Sanni, and Air Vice Marshal Obinna Obiabaka. Major General Mike Alechenu coordinated the team.
The pallbearers wheeled the former leader’s casket in a slow march, in sync with the hymn “God Be With You Till We Meet Again,” passing through a full military guard of honour comprising six officers and 96 soldiers drawn from the Nigerian Armed Forces.
President Tinubu and others walked behind the casket trolley in a solemn procession.
The pallbearers escorted the casket into a waiting military hearse for the one-hour journey to Daura, where funeral prayers and the burial ceremony took place.
The state funeral featured full military honours, including a 21-gun salute.
Upon arrival at his hometown, Daura, Katsina State, the final prayer session was held and his body interred in the garden of his residence.
