JUST IN: Prince Charles reacts to Abba Kyari’s Death, sends message to Buhari

Prince Charles of the United Kingdom has reacted to the death of President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari.

According to a statement sent to POLITICS NIGERIA by the SSA to President Buhari, Garba Shehu, the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles described the death of Abba Kyari, a former Chief of Staff to the President as “a desperately sad news,” for which he sent his “deepest possible sympathy” to Buhari and the government and people of Nigeria.

Prince Charles regretted that the death of Mallam Kyari had occurred through this “pernicious virus…I can only begin to imagine what an immense gap Mr Kyari’s untimely death will leave in Your Excellency’s life and my heart goes to you and Mr Kyari’s family.”

Similarly, the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame alongside the government and people of Rwanda extended their heartfelt condolences and used the opportunity “to express solidarity to the government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as we are faced with the COVID-19 global crisis.”