Abba Kyari

Do Not Cry For Abba Kyari And Co

March 26, 2020 9:44 am

On Tuesday, the news broke that the Chief of Staff to the Nigerian president, Abba Kyari, tested positive for COVID-19. Three of his aides reportedly also tested positive. Same Tuesday, it was announced that the Bauchi State governor, Sen. Bala Mohammed, also tested positive. Then, there is the son of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, whose test result was announced on Saturday. Given how many people close to them they might have huddled before diagnoses, we will never know how far and wide they spread the virus.

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The Real President Of Nigeria

February 22, 2020 3:04 pm

Premium Times’ February 17 unmasking of National Security Adviser Babagana Monguno’s secret memo, which revealed that Abba Kyari, Buhari’s Chief of Staff, exercises presidential powers on Buhari’s behalf, is only the official confirmation of what I have written in many columns and social media updates in the past two years.

The truth is that Buhari has no cognitive, emotional, physical, not to mention intellectual, capacity to be president. And, since nature abhors a vacuum, Abba Kyari has filled the void that Buhari’s emptiness has created.

Sometime in the midpoint of last year, a northern retired general told me Abba …

Group Seeks Abba Kyari’s Arrest Over Usurpation Of Power

February 20, 2020 4:52 pm

The Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has called for the arrest and prosecution of Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, for exercising presidential authority and undermining the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA).

The group said it was seriously dismayed by the latest indications from the Presidency pointing at the unacceptable usurpation, and misuse of presidential powers by the Chief of Staff.

In a statement yesterday in Abuja, Executive Director of the group, Dr. Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi, said: “Even more disturbing is the indication of how the nation’s security architecture has been seriously undermined …