Our reporter/ Nigeria’s immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari, has died age 82 in a London clinic.
Garba Shehu, the former spokesperson, announced his passing on Sunday in a post on X.
“The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London. May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus, Amin,” he wrote.
Buhari, who had been battling an undisclosed ailment, was recently discharged from an intensive care unit in London, according to family sources.
He was said to have taken ill during a routine medical visit abroad and had remained under observation in the weeks leading up to his passing.
Though details of the illness were not made public, the former president was believed to be recuperating until his condition took a turn.
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