Buhari's burial: Adebayo praises Tinubu's statesmanship

Prince Adewole Adebayo, the leader and candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 presidential election, has commended President Bola Tinubu for the way and manner he handled the state burial of late former President Muhammadu Buhari.

The commendation was contained in his verified X handle, @Pres_Adebayo on Friday.

He said: “Politics aside, I would be remiss if I failed to commend @officialABAT for the statesmanship exhibited in the dignified and nationalistic mourning protocols and burial ceremonies of our most illustrious late President @MBuhari.”

He said President Tinubu performed his duties as Head of State in the most exemplary manner that reassures Nigerians that duty, honour and respect could still be applied in the country’s public life.

Recalling his often maintained position about the mandates of the President, he said: “I have always said that the Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has three broad mandates: Head of State, Chief Executive and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.

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“Tinubu performed his Head of State duties by mourning with the bereaved. He performed his Commander-in-Chief duty by leading our gallant armed forces in a befitting state funeral for his predecessor. Kudos”

Despite the commendation, Adebayo noted that there are many issues that he disagrees with about Tinubu’s government, which he continues to speak against another day, but noted that in the issue of Buhari’s burial, he has made Nigeria proud.

“There are too many other issues on which I genuinely and meritoriously disagree with President Tinubu and numerous failures of leadership under his watch.

“We will resume the trenches from tomorrow. But, on the handling of the state burial of the late President Buhari, Mr President have done our great nation proud.

“May Almighty Allah SWT forgive Muhammadu Buhari his shortcomings and grant him Aljaana Firdaus. Thank you President Tinubu. May God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” he stated.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.