Garba Shehu, senior
special assistant on media and publicity to the president, says there is
nothing unusual about barring people who attended the burial of Abba Kyari from Aso Rock.
Kyari, the late
chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, died of complications from
COVID-19 on Friday.
He was buried on
Saturday at Gudu Cemetry in Abuja according to Islamic rites.
There are reports
that some top government officials were denied access to the presidential villa
after they attended the burial.
In a tweet on
Sunday, Shehu said the action was in line with guidelines put in place by the
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
“There is nothing
extraordinary about those of us who attend Abba Kyari’s funeral being advised
to distance ourselves from the Villa,” he said.
“This is in line
with the standard rules put in place by the National Center for Disease
Control, @NCDCgov and the Federal
Ministry of Health. You do these things to stop the spread of #Coronavirus.
“For the most part,
the Villa has operated digitally in the last few weeks so there is really
nothing new to this.”
There is nothing extraordinary about those of us who attend Abba Kyari’s funeral being advised to distance ourselves from the Villa.— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) April 19, 2020
This is in line with the standard rules put in place by the National Center for Disease Control, @NCDCgov and the Federal Ministry of Health. You do these things to stop the spread of #Coronavirus.— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) April 19, 2020
For the most part, the Villa has operated digitally in the last few weeks so there is really nothing new to this.— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) April 19, 2020
The federal capital
territory administration (FCTA) had also said those who were not properly
kitted at the burial would be tested for COVID-19.
Mohammed Kawu, acting
secretary, health and human services secretariat at the FCTA, said those in
question have all been identified and are in self-isolation.
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