{"id":170165,"date":"2025-07-19T12:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T11:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-didnt-exploit-buharis-death-shehu-sani"},"modified":"2025-07-19T13:44:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T12:44:46","slug":"tinubu-didnt-exploit-buharis-death-shehu-sani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-didnt-exploit-buharis-death-shehu-sani","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu didn\u2019t exploit Buhari\u2019s death \u2014 Shehu Sani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu exploited the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari died in London last week Sunday and was brought back to Daura in Katsina State, where he was buried.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu personally led a delegation to Daura, where he received Buhari\u2019s corpse.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation led by Tinubu was on ground until Buhari was buried in his residence in Daura.<\/p>\n<p>Displeased with his presence, there were claims that the president exploited his predecessor\u2019s death to get Northern sympathy ahead of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sani rubbished such claims, stressing that Tinubu immortalized Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, the former lawmaker said Tinubu declared a public holiday and Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting to honour Buhari\u2019s memory.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sani, the deceased would never do such a thing.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cThe President physically attended the burial of Buhari, met with his family, declared a public holiday, held a FEC meeting in his honor and renamed a university to immortalise him, something even the late President never did to others and yet they said he is \u2018exploiting the death of Buhari\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat would they have said if he had done none of the above? Politics is something else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu exploited the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari died in London last week Sunday and was brought back to Daura in Katsina State, where he was buried. 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