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Nigeria's former president Buhari dead at 82

July 13, 2025 / 11:39 PM
Nigeria's former president Buhari dead at 82
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Sharjah24 - AFP: Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari -- who led his country first as a junta strongman and later as an elected democrat -- died Sunday at the age of 82, the presidency announced.

Current President Bola Tinubu said in a statement that his predecessor died in London at about 4:30 pm (1530 GMT) "following a prolonged illness". He did not disclose the nature of the illness.

Buhari governed Nigeria with a strong hand as a military ruler in the 1980s before reinventing himself as a "converted democrat", serving two terms from 2015 to 2023.

July 13, 2025 / 11:39 PM

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