Get Guardian on GoogleThe first daughter of late former President Muhammadu Buhari, Fatima Buhari, arrived at her father’s home in Daura on Tuesday in tears, as the family prepared for his burial.
Fatima looked very sad and heartbroken and was seen crying quietly as she was comforted by close friends and relatives.
Other members of the Buhari family also began arriving at the Daura home on Tuesday morning, even as the body of the former president was en route to Nigeria from London.
Earlier this morning, the body of the late president departed London aboard a Nigerian Air Force aircraft, heading to Katsina for burial in his hometown of Daura.
Meanwhile, the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, left Abuja and is en route to Daura to attend the burial ceremony.
Also arriving in Katsina State is the 25-member Presidential Committee set up by President Bola Tinubu to plan Buhari’s state burial.
The committee, chaired by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, is working closely with the Katsina State Government and the Buhari family to ensure the funeral is conducted in a dignified and orderly manner.
Buhari died on Sunday in a London hospital after a long illness. He served as military head of state from 1983 to 1985 and later as an elected president from 2015 to 2023.
The Federal Government has declared a full state burial in his honour and announced Tuesday, July 15, as a public holiday.
A seven-day period of national mourning is in effect, during which all flags are to fly at half-mast across the country and at Nigerian missions abroad.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, also announced that condolence registers have been opened in all federal ministries, agencies, Nigerian embassies, and the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja.
