The remains of late President Muhammadu Buhari were draped with the national flag and laid in a trolley ready to be interred. Seated behind the trolley are President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kassim Shettima, and close family members of the deceased at PMB’s helipad
An adage in the Yoruba language says, on the death of an elephant, all manner of knives will be on parade. Some knives will be quintessential to perform tasks that the axe or cutlass may not be able to do effectively and efficiently. Other implements will be brandished to do justice to the crumbs that ricochet from the bones scattered when the axe or cutlass is applied.
Because a titan is being ministered unto, all eyes would be on the dramatis personae. All of these utensils would gladly perform their tasks and be fulfilled.
The legendary President Muhammadu Buhari, former military head of state of Nigeria, democratically elected for two terms of eight years (8) as President hence, the retired General was no doubt a titan in the Nigerian democratic dispensation since 1999. And in the military-politics, he etched his name in gold. He led a coup that sacked a democratically elected government in 1st January 1984.
Fifteen years after- 1999- General Muhammadu Buhari started making spirited efforts to the highest office in the country through a democratic process. He made three unsuccessful attempts before he succeeded the fourth time in 2015.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, after obeisance, gave a reverential salute to the retired General and the former President Muhammadu Buhari just before the interment in Daura, Tuesday, 15th July 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s (PBAT’s) TRIBUTE (Excerpt) To Late President Muhammadu Buhari, PMB, A TITAN
Everything that surrounded President Muhammadu Buhari’s funeral smacked of reverence, deep loss, and mourning of an octogenarian. The tributes came in torrents and were the exultation of PMB’s sterling qualities and virtues he displayed severally, were all laced in a glowing but remorseful tone which smacked of almost a sacred duty. Most gist groups dwelt on PMB’s demise and are still dwelling on the life and times of PMB. Aggregates of the people’s tributes unequivocally smacked of a very rare form of elegy or a dirge.
Here is an excerpt from the array of tributes. Here, a model is made from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, farewell messages.
The Grieving President Tinubu’s tribute to late President Muhammadu Buhari was delivered thus, “His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR. Mai Gaskiya was not just a former president. He was a man of rare discipline and quiet strength, whose love for Nigeria shaped every decision he made, even in the face of criticism”
President Tinubu’s solemn tributes somberly added, “I mourn him deeply, not just as my predecessor, but as a comrade in the long and often lonely journey of nation-building. To his beloved wife, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, and the entire family, I offer my heartfelt condolences. May you find comfort in the honour and legacy he leaves behind. Nigeria has lost a true son. I have lost a friend in former President Buhari,” so stated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his tribute.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did obeisance to late President Muhammadu Buhari with a bow in full reverence of the dead
Meanwhile, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, described Buhari’s passing as a personal loss. Amaechi said, “It’s a personal loss, not only because I am a title holder in Daura, but because I served in government, in Nigeria. And I watched him make contributions to democracy. It’s a very personal loss. He was a very principled man, disciplined, and selfless.”
Grief is reflected in the grooming of most mourners
Dressing & Grooming That Impacted the Occasion
The solemn event in Daura on Tuesday, 15th July 2025, was a contrast to the wedding that took place few years ago. The son of the president was getting married. Contrast the air around on both occasions reflected the pulse of the nation on the demise of PMB.
While event of Tuesday 15th July 2025, was to signpost the end of a glorious era. In both events, the type of dressing and grooming impacted the occasion.
Succinctly put, Mr President’s grooming, facial expression, his carriage, and gait left no one in doubt on the depth of grief and sense of loss overtly exhibited by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with a very high emotion, warmly consoled the son of the deceased
Other people’s grooming also equally impacted the solemn event. Others’ grooming reflected various cultures of different ethnic groups. While some derive their sense of dress and grooming from a religious perspective or a traditional title.
In all of the myriads of forms and types of dressing the guests adorned, one fact was incontrovertible: that late President Muhammadu Buhari was loved by most Nigerians. The tributes in their myriads attested to this self-evident truth that dotted everything that bears the name of the late president.
POSER for everyone that is living, how would you want to be remembered?
Role-play by PBAT, other top government functionaries, and distinguished Nigerians in well resting of PMB
At about 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 15th July 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu personally received the body of late President Muhammadu Buhari at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport in Katsina.
The body, draped with the national flag, arrived aboard the Presidential Aircraft on which Buhari rode during his eight-year tenure.
While at the airport and before the Nigerian Air Force plane conveying the remains of his predecessor landed at exactly 1:51 p.m., President Tinubu inspected a guard of honour.
Mr Rotimi Amaechi arrived at Musa Yar’Adua Airport in Katsina, en route to Daura by road
Those who accompanied the remains of late President Buhari to Nigeria were Vice President Shettima, Chief of Staff to the President Femi Gbajabiamila, President Buhari’s wife, Aisha, and other family members.
A joint team of military pallbearers comprising nine senior officers laid the casket, draped with the Nigerian flag, on a trolley. The team included Major-General Mohammed Usman, Major-General Oluwafemi Williams, Major-General Shuaibu Nuhu, Rear Admiral Suleiman Dahun, Rear Admiral Jonathan Ajodo, Rear Admiral Samuel Ngatuwa, Air Vice Marshal Adeniyi Herbert Amesinlola, Air Vice Marshal Idi Sanni, and Air Vice Marshal Obinna Obiabaka. Major General Mike Alechenu coordinated the team.
The pallbearers wheeled the former leader’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.
President Tinubu and others walked behind the casket trolley in a solemn procession. The pallbearers escorted the casket into a waiting military hearse for the one-hour journey to Daura, where funeral prayers and the burial ceremony were held.
The improved tomb of President Muhammadu Buhari at his country home in Daura. Soon to become a museum courtesy of the Katsina state government
The funeral prayer held at the PMB Helicopter Ground in Daura saw an outpouring of emotion from citizens across the state and nation who came to bid farewell to one of Nigeria’s most influential leaders.
Log at the control tower of the Umar Musa Ya’rdua Airport indicated that about 130 aircraft landings and takeoffs were recorded between Monday and Tuesday, 14th and 15th of July 2025.
Leaders in the organised private sector present included Aliko Dangote, Sayyu Dantata, and Dahiru Mangal joined the other dignitaries. Among the traditional rulers present were the Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Usman; the Emir of Daura, Umar Faruq; and the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, among others
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