VIDEO: Crowd watches as Buhari’s body is brought out of Air Force plane in Katsina

The body of late former President Muhammadu Buhari was on Tuesday brought out of a Nigerian Air Force aircraft upon arrival at the Umar Musa Yar’adua Airport in Katsina.

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The aircraft, which conveyed his remains from London, touched down around noon.

A brief but solemn military ceremony followed as soldiers carried the casket draped in Nigeria’s national flag.

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led a federal delegation at the airport to receive the body. Also present were governors, ministers, lawmakers, and other top officials.

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Buhari’s body is scheduled to be taken to his hometown, Daura, for final interment later today, with funeral prayers to be held before burial.

See some reactions below:

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@Allezamani: “Why wasn’t it put in the cargo section of the plane?”

@NathiSibiya8: “What a disgrace , he was a passenger too. Why not in a cargo side.”

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@oluwole745: “None of them dey ever die for nigeria na outside niger they dey always pai.”

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