Nigeria as a whole has been thrown into mourning as President Buhari’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari has passed on.
The revelation was made by President
Muhammadu Buhari’a media aide, Femi Adesina who took to microblogging
website, twitter to announce the sad news.
It can be recalled that Abba Kyari
returner from Germany a few weeks ago where he reportedly caught the
virus which he has been receiving treatments for in an undisclosed
hospital.
This news comes as a shock to all Nigerians who have been taking to social media to announce their shock at the news.
Kyari was suspected to have contracted
the novel coronavirus when he visited Germany in early March multiple
sources said. The presidency did not deny or confirm the rumours at the
time.
It was only after his death that Garba
Shehu, the special assistant on media and publicity to President
Muhammadu Buhari, confirmed that Kyari had died of coronavirus. Shehu
said Kyari died on Friday.
“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.
He is often regarded as one of Buhari’s
strongest inner circle members and has placed an important role in
keeping the Buhari led administration rubbing effortlessly.
He is survived by four children
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