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AISHA BUHARI ABSENT AS TINUBU LEADS SPECIAL FEC SESSION IN HONOUR OF LATE HUSBAND
The former First Lady, Aisha Buhari, was notably absent from a special session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) convened in honour of the late former President, Muhammadu Buhari, who died on Sunday, July 13, in London after a prolonged illness.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu presided over a special FEC session on Wednesday evening, held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The FEC session was attended by 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.
Also present were several members of the Federal Executive Council and the children of the late President Buhari, but Aisha was not in attendance.
Buhari, who served as Nigeria’s president from 2015 to 2023, was buried on Tuesday in Daura, his hometown in Katsina State, according to Islamic rites.
President Tinubu, while speaking at the session, said: “Today, we gather under a heavy shadow, drawn from the silence surrounding a departed leader and from the immense weight of a life whose absence will be felt for generations. We meet to honour a man whose presence once commanded this room, whose voice summoned the best in us, and whose convictions never bowed, even to the strongest winds of public opinion.
“He was first among soldiers in war, first among citizens in peace, and first, without ambition or flattery, in the hearts of his fellow citizens. Yet in his private life’s quiet and unadorned settings, his most real greatness was revealed: pious without show, just without cruelty, humane without sentimentality, temperate without coldness, and sincere without guile.
“Steady in posture and spirit, dignified in bearing, and commanding by his presence, his example guided all who encountered him.
“President Buhari’s life was one of austere honour. He stood always ramrod, unmoved by the temptation of power, unseduced by applause, and unafraid of the loneliness that sometimes comes to those who do what is right rather than popular. His was quiet courage, a righteousness that never announced itself. His patriotism was lived more in action than in words.”
