Nigeria: Kaduna Residents Bid Farewell to Buhari

16 July 2025
Leadership (Abuja)

Some Kaduna residents have paid their last respects to former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died last Sunday in a London hospital .

Our correspondent, who spoke with a cross-section of Kaduna residents, reports that they prayed for the soul of the deceased, who spent most of his years in Kaduna, to rest in peace.

They said the former Nigerian leader did his best for Nigeria.

One of the residents, Shehu Umar, in Ungwan Rimi, described former President Buhari as a man of integrity with high moral behaviour.

Another resident, Michael Yashim, who resides at Television, prayed for Buhari's soul to rest in peace. "My family and I pray for the soul of Late President Buhari to rest in peace as he is buried today in Daura. The former president was a Katsina and Kaduna man. Goodbye, Baba Buhari."

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