Any moment from now, the remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari will be buried.
The remains, accompanied by President Tinubu and Vice President Shettima, have already arrived Daura for internment.
On arrival of the remains of General Muhammadu Buhari, President Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, President Umaru Sissoco of Guinea-Bissau, Nigerien Prime Minister, Ali Lamine Zeine, former Nigerien President, Mahamadou Issoufou, and former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, received the casket of the late President at the foot of the aircraft that conveyed him back home.
A joint team of military pallbearers comprising nine senior officers laid the casket, draped with the Nigerian flag, on a trolley.
The pallbearers wheeled the former President’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.
Abdullah Bello
