Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, 82, has died, aged 82. A former military ruler turned democratically elected leader, he made history in 2015 when he became the first opposition candidate to defeat an incumbent. pic.twitter.com/sxTbQRNpvj
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INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAIHIRRAJIUUN.
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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.
Signed,
Garba Shehu.
13-07-25. pic.twitter.com/d0q4dcRxat
Nigeria’s former President, Muhammadu Buhari is dead.
The former President died in a London Clinic this afternoon.
His former aide, Bashir Ahmad announced the passing of the former president on X.
From God we came and to Him we return. My family and I pray that Almighty God grants President Muhammadu Buhari al-Jannah firdaus. May his sins be forgiven, and may As-Sami, السميع, (The All-Hearing) grant his family the fortitude to bear their loss. He served Nigeria in… pic.twitter.com/f2suWwRxAn
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) July 13, 2025
At the end of the day, late President Muhammadu Buhari will be largely remembered as that one Nigerian President who had every single ingredient to succeed in office — especially unprecedented public goodwill — but ultimately flattered to deceive, and eventually failed.
— 'Fisayo Soyombo (@fisayosoyombo) July 13, 2025
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