Muhammadu Buhari, wahoze ari umukuru w’igihugu cya Nigeria ndetse akanayobora igihugu nk’umutegetsi w’igisirikare mu myaka ya za 1980, yapfuye afite imyaka 82.
Amakuru y’urupfu rwe yatangajwe n’ibitangazamakuru bikomeye byo muri Nigeria ndetse na Perezidansi y’iki gihugu, bikaba byavuze ko Buhari yari amaze igihe arwaye, n’ubwo ibijyanye n’indwara yamuhitanye bitaramenyekana neza yapfuye tariki 13 aguye muri London (Clinic of London).
Buhari yabaye Perezida wa Nigeria kuva mu 2015 kugeza mu 2023, nyuma y’imyaka myinshi azwi nk’umwe mu banyapolitiki bafite izina rikomeye muri Afurika y’Uburengerazuba. Mbere yaho, mu 1983, yari yafashe ubutegetsi mu buryo bwa gisirikare nyuma ya coup d’état, akayobora kugeza mu 1985 ubwo yahirikwaga.
Mu gihe yari ku butegetsi bwa gisivili, Buhari yashyizwe mu majwi cyane kubera gahunda yo kurwanya ruswa no kugerageza kuvugurura ubukungu, ariko yanatungwaga agatoki ku miyoborere ikakaye ndetse n’itotezwa ry’abatavuga rumwe na Leta.
Urupfu rwa Buhari ni inkuru ikomeje kwibukwa cyane muri Nigeria, cyane cyane n’abamwibuka nk’umutegetsi w’intwaro zikomeye mu mateka y’igihugu.