PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, his counterpart in Guinea-Bissau, Umaru Sissoco Embal, Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine of Niger, and former President of Niger, Issoufou Mahamadou, were among the long list of eminent personalities who graced the burial of late former President Muhammadu Buhari, in Daura, Katsina, yesterday.
Also present were Vice President Kashim Shettima, former Vice Presidents, Atiku Abubakar, Yemi Osinbajo, governors, former governors, serving and former ministers and industrialists, including Aliko Dangote.
The burial came as Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, in his tribute, said the late former president was a good man whose assessment should not be based only on his eight-year presidency. Kukahs tribute came as the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammed Saad Abubakar III, also paid a tribute, describing Buhari as a leader who came, saw, and conquered.
At exactly 5:50 pm yesterday, the remains of the late former president were lowered into Mother Earth, bringing to an end his 82-year sojourn on earth.