Former President Muhammadu Buhari has died.
The news was confirmed on Sunday afternoon by his former spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu.
According to Shehu, Buhari passed away on Sunday at a hospital in the United Kingdom.
Shehu’s statement read, “The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London.
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“May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus.”
Further details surrounding his death are yet to be disclosed.
Buhari served as the President of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A retired Nigerian Army Major General, he was the Military Head of State of Nigeria from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985.
Buhari ran for president of Nigeria on the platform and support of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in 2003 and 2007, and on the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) platform in 2011.
In December 2014, he emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress party for the 2015 general election.
Buhari won the election, defeating incumbent President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. It was the first time in the history of Nigeria that an incumbent president lost a re-election bid.
