A former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari's assistant has confirmed the statesman's death. Former President Muhammadu Buhari died this afternoon in a London clinic, according to the former president's family. May he be welcomed by Allah in Aljannatul Firdaus. Bashir Ahmad, the aide, posted on X, saying, "Amin." Buhari was the fourth president of Nigeria after democracy was restored in 1999. In 2023, he turned over control to Bola Tinubu. Before taking office as Nigeria's civilian president from 2015 to 2023, President Buhari led the nation as its military leader from 1983 to 1985. He was well-known for his anti-corruption policies and attempts to stabilize the economy.
The family is anticipated to provide more information about the funeral plans in compliance with Islamic customs. Profile Adamu and Zulaiha Buhari welcomed President Buhari into the world on December 17, 1942, in Daura, Katsina State. After his father passed away while he was just four years old, President Buhari was reared by his mother. He attended Daura and Maidua for his elementary schooling from 1948 to 1952. In 1953, he moved on to Katsina Middle School. He then obtained his West African School Certificate while attending the Katsina Provincial Secondary School (now Government College, Katsina) from 1956 to 1961. From 1971 until 1988, President Buhari was wed to Safinatu Yusuf; since 1989, he has been married to Aisha Halilu. He has ten children, which is a blessing.
After being accepted to the Nigerian Military Training College in Kaduna in 1961, he enlisted in the Nigerian Army. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in January 1963 after completing the Officer Cadets training at Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot, England, from 1962 to 1963. From 1963 to 1964, he participated in the Platoon Commanders' Course at the Nigerian Military College in Kaduna. In Abeokuta, he was subsequently named Platoon Commander of the Second Infantry Battalion. He enrolled in the Army Mechanical Transport School's Mechanical Transport Officers' Course at Borden, England, in 1965. Additional military training was provided by the US Army War College from June 1979 to June 1980 and the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington, India in 1973.