Nigeria's former president Muhammadu Buhari dies in London aged 82
He led Africa's most populous nation twice: first as a military head of state from 1983 to 1985, then as a democratically elected president from 2015-2023.
Buhari had been receiving medical treatment in London in recent weeks, and had often travelled to London in the past for medical attention.
He was the first president to defeat a sitting president when he was elected in 2015, overseeing the country's worst economic period and fight against insurgency.
Married twice, Buhari had ten children.
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