President Bola Tinubu has visited the Kaduna home of the late Muhammadu Buhari, assuring Aisha Buhari and her family that his legacy of honesty, patriotism, and integrity will be preserved
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday paid a condolence visit to the Kaduna home of the late President Muhammadu Buhari, where he assured Aisha Buhari and her family that the legacies of the former leader would be preserved.
In a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Tinubu told the family that Nigerians shared in their grief.
“We are just here to assure you that we share in your grief, we share in your pain,” Tinubu said. “A loss in flesh is not a loss in the spirit, and the spirit that he left with us is a spirit of hard work, dedication, patriotism and honesty, and we are doing that. We assure you and the entire family that we will continue with our leader’s legacy, the mark he made for Nigeria. We will continue on the path of honesty, integrity, and great character that he imbued in us. May God help Nigeria, keep us united and together in the promised land.”
Responding in an emotional tone, Aisha Buhari thanked the President, First Lady, and his delegation for standing by her family.
“I would like to use this medium to thank you once again, the first lady, the wife of the Vice President, for standing by me and my family,” she said. She recalled her late husband’s values of honesty, justice, and integrity, urging Nigerians to emulate them. “I would like to pray for Nigeria, for peace to reign, for unity of the country, and for you, President Tinubu, to carry on with my late husband’s legacy of honesty, integrity, tolerance, accountability, and justice.”
The President was accompanied by top officials including Senate President Godswill Akpabio, House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, Governors Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara), Mai Mala Buni (Yobe), Babagana Zulum (Borno), and Ahmed Aliyu (Sokoto). Ministers Wale Edun (Finance), Atiku Bagudu (Budget & Planning), Bello Matawalle (State for Defence) and NSA Nuhu Ribadu were also in the entourage.
Earlier, Tinubu attended the wedding of Nasirudeen Yari, son of former Zamfara Governor Abdulaziz Yari, at the Sultan Bello Mosque in Kaduna. The President represented the Yari family in receiving the bride, Safiyya Shehu Idris, after confirmation of the ₦1 million dowry by her representative, Ibrahim Ashiru.
Tinubu commended both families for upholding tradition and urged the couple to build their marriage on faith, love, and mutual respect. The colourful ceremony drew dignitaries, traditional rulers, politicians, and business leaders, and featured prayers for the nation and the President by Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau and Chief Imam Dr Muhammad Suleiman. Read More
