Former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has died on Sunday. He died this afternoon in a London hospital following a protracted illness.
This was disclosed in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu.
Press statement on Muhammadu Buhari’s death
According to the communication dated July 13, 2025, shared with the press, it read: “INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAIHIRRAJIUUN. 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. May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus, Amin.”
No further details were provided regarding the cause of death. Still, Buhari, who served as Nigeria’s president from 2015 to 2023, had a long history of going abroad for medical treatment during and after his presidency.
Muhammadu Buhari, a retired Major General in the Nigerian Army, previously ruled the country as a military head of state from 1983 to 1985 before returning as a democratically elected president three decades later. He was the first opposition candidate in Nigerian history to defeat an incumbent president.
Funeral arrangements were yet to be announced.
