President Buhari’s Chief of Staff has finally broken the silence over his status of the coronavirus.
The COS to the President Abba Kyari says he has tested positive for coronavirus Covid-19.
Kyari, a close ally to President Muhammadu Buhari, was away in Germany in early March with a delegation of other Nigerian officials for meetings with Siemens AG. It is unclear if he self-isolated before he was tested. He has also revealed that he will proceed immediatly to the IDC centre in Lagos.
Both the presidency and the nation’s disease control centre have both confirmed Kyari’s case.
Kyari, who is in his 70s, has a history of medical complications, including diabetes news agency Reuters has reported.
The Chief of Staff remains 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 Kyari.
Multiple media reports said the president was also tested for the virus but his test came out negative.
Kyari has also met with Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello when he represented Buhari at the third day of the Fidau prayer for the governor’s late mother on March 17.
The Minister of information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, Minister of Special Duty, George Akume, Minister of State for FCT, Ramatu Tijani, and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs were also at the event alongside the Chief of Staff.
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