Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari has died weeks after contracting the deadly Coronavirus.
The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina made this known in the early hours of Saturday, April 18.
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Recall that Kyari became the first public official to contract the virus in Nigeria after his visit to Germany.
He has been the Chief of Staff to President Buhari from 2015.
Adesina tweeted:
“Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, passes on. May God rest his soul. Amen. Funeral arrangements to be announced soon.”
Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, passes on. May God rest his soul. Amen. Funeral arrangements to be announced soon.
— Femi Adesina (@FemAdesina) April 17, 2020
We are peasants and We don’t have capable or chance to yeld out a procedures to avoid this necessary,deadly and disturbing illness in my motherland Nigeria itself, our leaders have to surrounded or close the Nigeria airways and and others ways initially but one surprising they leaved the door opened welcomed to any in and outgoing person,this is the major problems.In addition, Abba kyari must to blamed as a campaign co-ordinator for this deadly illness because how and why did he go there for nonsense issues while the problems is worthy in most countries.lastly I personally disclosed my advise to Nigerian leaders that leading life is not parminent,is a weight heavy to you,you have to know your functions as you promised to do works seriously earlier.