Femi Adesina announced this on Saturday, April 18, 2020.
Mallam Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President
Muhammadu Buhari is dead.
Femi
Adesina, Special
Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity confirmed
this in a tweet at 12:44 a.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2020.
He tweeted, "Chief of Staff to the President,
Mallam Abba Kyari, passes on. May God rest his soul. Amen. Funeral arrangements
to be announced soon".
In a statement he posted on
Facebook, Adesina said Kyari died on Friday, April 17, 2020.
Bashir Ahmad, Personal Assistant on New Media to
President Muhammadu Buhari also confirmed the passing of the former
Chief of Staff.
He tweeted, "Chief
of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, has died. May Allah forgive his
shortcomings and grant him the highest rank of Jannah. Allah ya jikan sa".
On March 24, 2020, the former
Chief of Staff tested positive for coronavirus.
Days after, the presidency
announced that Kyari was responding to treatment
following speculations about his whereabouts.
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