BREAKING – Chief Of Staff To President, Abba Kyari Is Dead

BY CAMI EZENWA

The current administration in the country has suffered a big loss, with the death late yesterday of Mallam Abba Kyari., the Chief of Staff to the President.

Recall that the chief of staff had been in the news after he tested positive to coronavirus.

He had been receiving treatment before his passage  on Friday, April 17, 2020.

Presidential spokesmen Femi Adesina who announced the death on Saturday morning said:“Funeral arrangements to be announced soon,”

Garba Shehu, the special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, said Kyari died on Friday.

His contracting the cirus, following a trip to Germany was an issue somewhat as there was no official confirmation of the source early enouhg.

“The deceased had tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19, and had been receiving treatment,” Shehu said.

He was Buhari’s closest person in the cabinet. In fact, Buhari, while inaugurating his ministers in August, ordered them to make requests for meetings with him through his now-late chief of staff.

The president has also tested for the virus but his test came out negative. A number of top Nigerian politicians, some of whom met Kyari after his return from Germany, also took the test.

Three governors – Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi and Seyi Makinde of Oyo – all tested positive for the virus. Mohammed and Makinde have since recovered.