Nigeria’s former president Muhammadu Buhari was buried Tuesday in his hometown of Daura in northwestern Nigeria, where thousands of people lined the streets to say their goodbyes. Buhari died Sunday in London, where he had been receiving medical treatment.

Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari was on Tuesday buried in his private residence in Daura in northern Katsina State.and witnessed by a select gathering of family members, close associates and Islamic clerics.

Muhammadu Buhari, who was the country’s democratic leader between 2015 and 2023, died aged 82 in London on Sunday.