Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari Tests Positive For Coronavirus After Germany Trip

President Muhammadu Buhari,’s Chief of Staff,Abba Kyari, has tested positive for the coronavirus days after returning from an official trip to Germany

It was gathered that he ran the test on Saturday based on medical advice, although he was not exhibiting any symptoms.

The result came back on Monday positive and he has gone into isolation even though the symptoms are yet to manifest

It was also learnt that following his result, Buhari was also advised to run a test but he was negative.

Alongside Sale Mamman, minister of power, Buhari’s chief of staff had on March 7th attended a meeting in Munich, Germany with officials of Siemens to discuss issues relating to the Nigerian power sector.

A letter Kyari wrote to the leadership of the national assembly on how federal lawmakers returning from overseas trips were allegedly evading screening had gone viral earlier on Monday.

Nigeria currently has 40 cases of coronavirus.

It was learnt that presently anxiety has enveloped the presidential villa in Abuja over the self-isolation of Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi.

The governor went into self-isolation after shaking hands with Mohammed Atiku, one of the sons of Nigeria’s former vice-president, who tested positive for the virus

The presidency is yet to comment on the COVID-19 status of Kyari and health authorities have also not spoken about it.

But on Monday night, the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC)  confirmed a coronavirus case in Abuja

It is unclear if is the case of Kyari that the NCDC reported in the bulletin.

Meanwhile,  NCDC, has said it does not provide personal information on cases of Coronavirus.

NCDC media team said, ”Please, NCDC has not provided personal information of any case, and will not provide information on a case by case basis. Dr. Ihekweazu stated this yesterday, and we are re-iterating.”