A special session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in honour of former President Muhammadu Buhari will be held today, Thursday 17 July from 5pm.
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, announced this last night on his Fecebook wall.
He said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would lead the session of tributes for the departed leader.
The former leader died in a London clinic on Sunday at 82.
He was buried on Tuesday at his residence in Daura, Katsina State.
The president of Guinea Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló and the Prime Minister of Niger Republic, Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, joined President Tinubu and other leaders for the burial of former President Buhari.
His remains were conveyed to Nigeria by Vice President Kashim Shettima and the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, aboard a Nigerian Air Force flight-FGT 001.
The plane touched ground at the Umaru Musa Yar’adua International Airport.
Among those who accompanied Buhari’s remains home were his widow, Aisha and other family members.
President Tinubu, alongside Shettima; Buhari’s deputy, Yemi Osinbajo; president of Guinea Bissau; the Prime Minister of Niger; Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda, National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu, governors and other dignitaries, received the former president’s casket at the airport.
Buhari’s remains were lowered into the grave at 5:50pm amidst tears and prayers by his immediate family members and mourners.
Hundreds of supporters, some of them chanting his name and praying for Allah’s mercy for the former president, climbed trees around the vicinity of his country home to bid him farewell. Daura was filled to the brim as never seen before, residents said.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was also there to pay his last respect to the former president.
The leadership of the National Assembly in attendance included Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Deputy Senate President Senator Barau Jibrin and the speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. Senator Kawu Sumaila, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, Senator Adamu Aliero, Senator Sani Bello, former Senator Abu Ibrahim and former Senator Yariman Bakura.
Also in attendance were the chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum and governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq; the governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf; the governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State and Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani.(Daily trust)
