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BREAKING: Buhari’s Chief of Staff Abba Kyari tests positive for COVID-19

  • Buhari is negative

The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Kyari reportedly travelled to Germany on Saturday, March 7th to meet with officials of Siemens in Munich on the Nigerian electricity expansion programme. He returned one week later on Saturday, March 14th.

It was learned that the result came out on Monday and Kyari has gone into absolute isolation following the test result.

Meanwhile, President Buhari was said to have been tested negative by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and has been briefed on the result.

It should be recalled that one of the daughters of the president is currently in isolation after contracting the virus in te United Kingdom.