Abba Kyari Is Dead, And Here’s What Nigerians Are Saying

| Inside Life
April 18, 2020

Mr. Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, is dead. He tested positive to Coronavirus on March 24, 2020. And today, the 18th of April, 2020, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, announced Mr Kyari’s death on Twitter.

From a series of tweets released by Garba Shehu, another of President Buhari’s spokesperson, we learned that Abba Kyari died on Friday, April 17th, 2020.

May his soul rest in peace.

Twitter people have a lot to say, of course. There has been a lot of discussion about this: the hilarious, the sad, and the hot takes. Here’s a list of some of them.

1. This sis who needs Alexa to do something for her.

2. Of course, everybody will die one day.

3. This man who has important questions.

4. What’s Twitter if someone hasn’t posted a joke yet?

5. The pallbearers have been notified.

6. Our God is at work? LMAO

7. Well…

8. We honestly don’t know what he is talking about.

9. This thread and the replies on it…

10. This heartbroken man.

11. We don’t know what this means..

12. A question.

13. Well..

14. Let’s be clear here.

15. Something to ponder upon.

Kunle Ologunro
Kunle Ologunro Noisemaker at the Cabal.

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