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Current President Bola Tinubu in a statement, described Buhari as a patriot, a soldier, and a statesman. Tinubu dispatched the vice president to bring Buhari’s body home from London.
Muhammadu Buhari (82) died Sunday in London, where he had been receiving medical treatment. Buhari took power in a coup in 1983. However, he could cling to power for only 20 months. In another coup, his fellow soldiers ousted him.
That did not deter Buhari. After democracy was restored, he became the democratically elected President in 2015, incidentally at his fourth attempt for the post, and earned the ubiquitous nickname as the first opposition candidate to win a presidential election there. He continued in that position till 2023. He came to power with an assurance to the citizens that he could cleanse the deeply corrupted economy and handle the terror let loose by Boko Haram’s extremist violence in the northeast. Many feel that vows remained a pipedream.
Current President Bola Tinubu in a statement, described Buhari as a patriot, a soldier, and a statesman. Tinubu dispatched the vice president to bring Buhari’s body home from London. His antagonists say that by the end of his eight-year tenure, however, goodwill toward him had faded into discontent. Insecurity had only grown, and corruption was more widespread. Added to that, the divide between the Muslims and Christians, who occupy key roles in electoral politics, widened.
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Despite his best effort to steady a dwindling economy, Nigeria was caught in a trajectory of recession, partly contributed to by slumping oil prices and an eroding currency. Protests continued unabated throughout his regime and his detractors say that he tried to handle dissidence through an authoritarian outlook. Buhari’s attempts at managing the problems were complicated by prolonged medical stays abroad. His absences, with few details, created anxiety among Nigerians and some calls for him to be replaced.