Nigeria, July 15 -- Femi Adesina, a former spokesperson to late President Muhammadu Buhari, said the former Nigerian leader could have died long ago if he had used Nigerian hospitals for medical treatments.

"If he had said I'd do my medicals in Nigeria just for show off or something, he could have long been dead," Mr Adesina stated on Tuesday when he featured as a guest on a Channels Television programme.

Mr Adesina, a former editor-in-chief of the Sun Newspaper, was discussing the funeral for Mr Buhari, who served as Nigerian President from 2015 to 2023.

Mr Buhari died in a London clinic on Sunday at the age of 82, after a prolonged illness. His body arrived Nigeria today, Tuesday, 15 July, for burial at his hometown, Daura, in Katsin...