"President Buhari died today in London at about 4:30 p.m. (1530 GMT), following a prolonged illness," President Bola Tinubu's spokesperson said in a post on X. Buhari, 82, also served as military head of state between January 1984 and August 1985, the spokesperson said.

Muhammadu Buhari was reported to have travelled to the UK in April for a routine medical check-up but subsequently fell ill Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, who has died age 82 in a London clinic,