Nigeria: Muhammadu Buhari, Former President of Nigeria, is dead

Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s former president and military ruler, is dead.

Mr Buhari died on Sunday at a London hospital, his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, announced. He was 82.

“The family of the former president has announced the passing of Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London. May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus, Amin,” Mr Shehu wrote in a message posted on X (formerly Twitter).

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the former president had been receiving treatment at a…