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Buhari's far-north hometown prepares to bury late Nigerian leader

Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari attends the second day of the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow on November 2, 2021. [AFP]

Funeral preparations were underway Monday in the hometown of former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, as his hometown of Daura readied to bury the one-time military leader and twice-elected democrat.

Children were turned away from schools as government institutions closed for a public holiday and period of mourning, while many private businesses stayed open, unable to afford shutting shop, an AFP reporter observed.

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