Former President Muhammadu Buhari died at 82

Former Putschist general and Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari died at 82, announced his entourage.

Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. In addition, who first managed his country as a soldier and then as elected president, died Sunday July 13 at the age of 82, according to his former spokesperson.

“The family of the former president announced the death of Muhammadu Buhari this afternoon in a clinic in London. However, ” said Garba Shehu’s social networks, which was his spokesperson (2015-2023).

Muhammadu Buhari ruled Nigeria with an iron fist as a soldier in the 1980s. before reinventing himself as a “converted democrat”, carrying out two presidential mandates from 2015 to 2023.

The current president. Bola Tinubu, said in a statement that he had maintained himself with the wife of Muhammadu Buhari and had instructed the vice-president Kashim Shettima to go to England to repatriate the body to Nigeria.

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This 82 -year -old Muslim. from the Far North Nigerian, marked history by becoming, in 2015, the first opposition candidate to beat an outgoing president in the polls.

His electoral victory. in a country where the re -election of an exercise president seemed to be acquired, had been perceived as a rare opportunity for change for Nigeria.

But his accession to power did not resolve the persistent problems of the country. in particular corruption, insecurity and the economic difficulties that this oil giant faces.