The remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari have arrived at his country home in Daura where thousands of Nigerians have been waiting for the final rites and burial.

The NAF hearse bearing the remains have just been driven into the large compound at 4:25 pm in readiness for the final burial rites to be conducted by Islamic clerics and military personnel.

Security is very tight in his home as every available space has been taken up by mourners who are desperate to pay their final respects to their hero and leader.

The body, which had earlier arrived at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport, was received by President Bola Tinubu, accompanied by service chiefs and top politicians, who had thronged the airport before the body touched down in a Nigeria Air Force jet.

The body was accompanied by Vice President Kassim Shettima and some members of Buhari’s immediate family, including Aisha, his wife.

After a brief airport ceremony conducted by the Nigerian military, the body was conveyed by a NAF hearse by road to Daura, Buhari’s hometown where hundreds of thousands of Nigerians had gathered since dawn to pay their last respects to the man they saw as a friend of the poor and the downtrodden.