Tafawa Balewa's tomb

Tafawa Balewa's tomb is the burial place of Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the only Prime Minister of Nigeria, in Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria.

[1] During the 1966 Nigerian coup d'état, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the prime minister of Nigeria, was kidnapped and his body was found by the roadside six days after the kidnapping.

[2][3] He was then buried in Bauchi where he was born.

His tomb was declared as a nationwide monument on August 29, 1979, by the military administrator of the state, Brigadier Garba Duba.

[4][5] The construction of the monument and the buildings surrounding the tomb began in 1977 and it was authorized in July 1979.