Watch trending video: Aisha absent as Tinubu presides over FEC in honour of Buhari

• The household of the precocious President Muhammadu Buhari is presently successful attendance arsenic President Bola Tinubu presided implicit the expanded Special Session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) successful honour of the precocious erstwhile President
• In a trending video, Yusuf Buhari and 2 of his sisters were seated during the peculiar league but the lack of his wife, erstwhile First Lady Dr. Aisha Buhari, was notable
• Governors, Senate President, ministers and different apical authorities officials penned affectional tributes

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State House, Abuja - On Thursday, July 17, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu presided implicit a peculiar league of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) convened successful honour of the precocious erstwhile President Muhammadu Buhari.

Aisha Buhari was absent astatine the peculiar Federal Executive Council (FEC) held successful honour of the precocious erstwhile president. Photo credit: Aisha Buhari, Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images
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Special FEC: Aisha Buhari absent

The FEC session, held astatine the Presidential Villa, Abuja, drew high-profile dignitaries, including Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, and Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu.

In a trending video, respective members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and children of the precocious President Buhari were besides contiguous astatine the session. However, the lack of his wife, erstwhile First Lady Dr. Aisha Buhari, was notable.

How Buhari was honoured and buried

Legit.ng earlier reported that the remains of erstwhile President Muhammadu Buhari were laid to rest astatine his residence successful Daura, Katsina state.

Buhari passed away connected Sunday, July 13, successful London aft a prolonged illness. The erstwhile president’s body, accompanied by his successor, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and different elites, arrived astatine his residence astir 4:33 PM.

Buhari was aboriginal lowered into the sedate by Vice President Kashim Shettima and others connected Tuesday, July 15.

After giving the his precocious predecessor a authorities funeral, President Bola Tinubu approved an expanded Special Session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) successful his honour. Photo credit: @Imranmuhdz
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FEC meeting: Tinubu determination encomium connected precocious Buhari

On Thursday, President Tinubu arrived astatine the Council Chambers astatine astir 5:27 p.m. to statesman the solemn proceedings, wherever a infinitesimal of soundlessness was observed successful honour of the precocious statesman.

In his tribute, Tinubu described Buhari arsenic a patriotic and resolute person whose integrity and humility defined his years successful bureau and beyond.

“He was respectful without pretence to his peers. He was benignant to those who served nether him. Even successful death, helium maintained the serenity that defined him successful life,” Tinubu said.The President further eulogized the precocious Buhari’s bequest of service, saying, “His patriotism was lived much successful enactment than successful words. The authorization of bureau ne'er changed him successful the look of crisis. He remained resolute. He was, successful each consciousness of the word, a bully man, an honourable man, and a decent man.”

As reported by Vanguard, the league served arsenic some a reflection connected the precocious President’s enactment and a motion of nationalist respect arsenic the state continues to mourn 1 of its astir consequential leaders successful caller history.

Watch the video of Buhari's family astatine FEC gathering below:

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Aisha hugged Nigerian Flag that draped Buhari's corpse

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Buhari's corpse, draped successful Nigeria's achromatic and greenish colours, was received by President Bola Tinubu, authorities officials, and others.

An representation showing Aisha, Nigeria's erstwhile archetypal lady, successful an affectional infinitesimal has caught the attraction of galore net users.

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