Former President Buhari Leaves His Hometown Daura, Details Emerge

Former President Buhari Leaves His Hometown Daura, Details Emerge

  • The immediate past president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, left his hometown in Daura, Katsina state, weeks after he returned home
  • Buhari's spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the former president left Daura because he was being disturbed by visitors
  • Shehu said Buhari left for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration to have the right atmosphere to work

Former presidential spokesman Garba Shehu says former President Muhammadu Buhari has left his hometown in Daura, Katsina State.

Shehu explained that Buhari left Daura for a distant location because he could not get the quietness he wished for after leaving office on May 29, Daily Trust reported.

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Former President Buhari leaves Daura for lack of quietness. Photo Credit: Muhammadu Buhari
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He, however, did not disclose Buhari's new destination

Why Buhari left hometown in Daura

Shehu, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, June 29, added that Buhari had to leave Daura because “visitors troop in morning, day and night.”

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According to The Nation, he further stated that Buhari wanted to create the right atmosphere for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration to work

He said:

“He chose to go home in Daura, hoping to find the type of quiet he wished for himself but realising that this was not the case, visitors trooping in morning, day and night, he moved out to a more distant place.
“It remains his wish that he be allowed to have his needed rest and for the Tinubu administration to have the right atmosphere to work on the realisation of the promises they made.”

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Source: Legit.ng

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Adekunle Dada (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Adekunle Dada is a trained journalist with over 7 years of working experience. He is also a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a B.Sc. in Mass Communication From Lagos State University, Ojo. Adekunle previously worked at PM News, The Sun, and Within Nigeria where he expressed his journalistic skills with well-researched articles and features. In 2024, Adekunle obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. He can be reached via adekunle.dada@corp.legit.ng.