A millenial Aisha Abdullahi Adamu has penned a moving eulogy in honour of the Late Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari.
Aisha Adamu, Founder Child Rights Foundation, Aisha Cares and Convener, The Bridge, said Late President Muhammadu Buhari was more than just a name in Nigeria’s headlines but “a symbol of discipline, of resilience, of conviction in an age where such values too often felt negotiable.”
” For me, as a 30-year-old Nigerian woman, born into a country that was shaped, steadied, and sometimes stirred by his presence. President Buhari was not just a political figure. He was a fixture in the architecture of our nation’s story.” She said
Aisha Adamu, who is the daughter of Senator Abdullahi Adamu, a Former Governor of Nasarawa State and a Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, eulogised the Late President through two lenses; his relationship with her father and her view as a Millenial.
I saw him through two lenses; First, through the reverent eyes of a daughter watching her father, Senator Dr. Abdullahi Adamu, walk side by side with a man he deeply admired, a man who trusted him enough to ensure his rise.”
On the shared brotherhood between her Father and the departed Leader, she mused “That bond between my father and President Buhari was not just political — it was brotherhood forged in vision, loyalty, and nationhood. Their shared dream was Nigeria. Their shared burden was Nigeria. And through seasons of noise and turbulence, they both stood firm.”
Through the second lens, She confessed that as a young Nigerian, she did not always understand the quiet strength President Buhari embodied.
“We are a generation that demands speed, transparency, connection. He represented a different rhythm — one marked by silence, calculation, and steadiness. And yet, over time, I came to respect the way he bore the weight of expectation and legacy. 
He was a bridge between Nigeria’s military past and its democratic journey between our elders’ reverence for duty and our generation’s thirst for reform.”
For her, late President Buhari embodied a life of sacrifice, resilience and the belief that Nigeria could be better.
“He taught us that patriotism is not a performance, but a quiet, enduring act. That leadership is not always loud sometimes, it is simply doing the right thing, even when no one claps.” She wrote.
Reflecting on her Meeting with him in March, 2025, she nostalgically recollected “I saw something often missed in public commentary: warmth. A subtle, sincere warmth that made you lean in, listen closer. He was not a man of many words, but when he spoke, the room paused.”
Aisha described his passing, as the loss of not just a president, but a patriarch of integrity, stoicism, and duty in Nigerian politics.
“Nigeria will remember him in history books, but some of us will remember him in family conversations, in quiet lessons learned from watching our fathers serve alongside him, and in the way his presence, however distant — always seemed to echo in the background of national change,” She said.
She concluded with appreciation, to Late President Buhari for showing Millenials what it means to serve, endure and believe, even when belief is costly.
“Today, a chapter closes in the book of Nigeria’s political history.May your legacy remind us all: nation-building is not a sprint, it is a relay and each generation must carry the baton with honor.God bless you,God bless Nigeria,” She implored.
Late President Muhammadu Buhari served as Nigeria’s President from 2015 to 2023 and previously as Military Head of State from January 1984 to August 1985.
President Muhammadu Buhari died at a London Hospital at the age of 82.
He has been interred at his hometown, Daura- Katsina State, with full Military and State honours befitting of a National Leader.
He is survived by his wife, Former First Lady Aisha Buhari, children and relations.
Lateefah Ibrahim
