Former President, Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo has reacted to the death of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari.
OBJ, in a statement made available to POLITICS NIGERIA, expressed sadness at the development. The statement read in part;
“I received the news of the demise of Alhaji Abba Kyari, your Chief of Staff, over Friday night, with great sadness, as he lost the battle against the dreadful killer disease, COVID-19’.”
“Abba Kyari’s death must be painful to you and to his family and friends, but you can all take solace in the fact that he died in harness, in the service of his country.”
Obasanjo also prayed for the President asking that God should grant him the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss adding that it was a reminder that Nigerians must come together and jointly fight the deadly Coronavirus pandemic.
“His death must be a solemn reminder to all of us that COVID-19 requires all hands on deck soberly, cooperatively, humanly, humanely, justly, equitably, fairly, consolidatedly and comprehensively to be able to fight it successfully and to get all Nigerians back to good health and healthy economy,” he stated.
