Buhari never honoured anyone like Tinubu did to him

Senator Shehu Sani, a former lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly, has berated those criticising President Bola Tinubu’s actions in the aftermath of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari’s death.

He argued that the President has honoured the memory of his predecessor in a manner the deceased never accorded anyone of similar status. Recall that Tinubu gave Buhari a state burial, including a declaration of a public holiday on the day of the burial. He also personally attended his burial in Daura, Katsina State, and subsequently named a University of Maiduguri after him, among other recognitions.

He subsequently convened a Special Federal Executive Council (FEC) with the deceased’s family members present, and named the University of Maiduguri after the late Nigerian leader.

However, some Nigerians, including the coalition-backed All Democratic Congress (ADC), have accused the President of romancing Buhari’s memory after scapegoating him for every major challenge confronting the nation.

In a statement by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, on Friday, July 18, 2025, the ADC slammed the outpouring of tributes to Buhari at the special FEC, describing the event as “a deliberate publicity stunt by an unpopular administration.”

Sani praises Tinubu

But Sani lauded Tinubu’s honourable gestures towards Buhari, describing them as unprecedented and deserving of acknowledgement.

He expressed this in a post on his X, where he highlighted a series of steps taken by the current administration since the former President passed.

“The President physically attended the burial of Buhari, met with his family, declared a public holiday, held a FEC meeting in his honour and renamed a university to immortalise him.

“Something even the late President never did to others. And yet they said he is ‘exploiting the death of Buhari’.

“What would they have said if he had done none of the above? Politics is something else,” the senator tweeted.