By our reporter| The remains of the late chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, who died on Friday, April the 17th, was buried in Abuja on Saturday.
His remains were brought in an ambulance to the Defence House in Abuja, where family members, as well as his colleagues, gathered to pay their last respect.
He was laid to rest at the Gudu Cemetery in Abuja.
The news of Kyari’s death who tested positive for COVID-19 in March, ten days after he returned from official trip to Germany was announced by presidential spoesman, Femi Adesina, early on Saturday.
A Kanuri from Borno, Kyari was appointed Buhari’s chief of staffin 2015 and was one of President’s Buhari’s closest allies.
Kyari had a professional career as a lawyer and spent years in the banking industry, rising to become the Chief Executive Officer of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) at some point.
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