Why Buhari Didn’t Attend Attahiru, Others’ Burial – Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie has cleared the air over the President’s absence at Saturday’s burial of late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and other military officers killed in a plane crash.

Onochie explained that the president must be given a 48-hour notice before any funeral outside the Presidential Villa.

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Reacting to the controversy over Buhari’s absence, Onochie wrote:

“Why Pres@MBuhari did not attend the funeral for our late Chief of Army Staff and the other heroes who died in an aircrash.

”For a Nigerian President to be at any funeral or event outside the Villa, the event must have at least 48 hours,” Onochie tweeted.