JUST-IN: Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, is dead

By Ekpali Saint

The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari, has passed on.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, confirmed his death via his official Twitter page.

“Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, passes on. May God rest his soul. Amen. Funeral arrangements to be announced soon,” he wrote on Twitter.

His death is coming days after he was diagnosed with coronavirus pandemic, consequent upon his return from abroad when he had gone on an official assignment.

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