Nigeria's former President Muhammad Buhari was buried on Tuesday in the backyard of his home in northern Katsina state, as residents climbed trees to bid farewell to the 82-year-old. Buhari ruled Africa's most populous nation between 2015 and 2023 and died in a London hospital on Sunday after an undisclosed illness.

Funeral preparations were underway Monday in the hometown of former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, as his hometown of Daura readied to bury the one-time military leader and twice-elected democrat.

Dem bury former president Buhari for inside im compound for im hometown Daura on Tuesday Victor Ezeama & Adesola Ikulajulo Dis na wia we march break for our coverage of di burial of former Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari.