Garba Shehu Responds To Claims Of Kyari’s Funeral Attendees’ Restriction Into Presidential Villa

Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu has reacted to claims some top aides who attended the funeral of president Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari were denied access into the presidential villa.

In a series of tweet on Sunday, Shehu said there is nothing extraordinary telling those who attended Abba Kyari’s funeral including him, to distance themselves from the Presidential Villa. This further confirmed the claims of being locked out of the villa.

He said the directive was in line with the standard rules put in place by the National Center for Disease Control and the Federal Ministry of Health, adding that the aim was to prevent the further spread of the deadly coronavirus in the villa.

The presidential spokesperson tweeted: “There is nothing extraordinary about those of us who attend Abba Kyari’s funeral being advised to distance ourselves from the Villa.

“This is in line with the standard rules put in place by the National Center for Disease Control, @NCDCgov and the Federal Ministry of Health. You do these things to stop the spread of #coronavirus.

“For the most part, the Villa has operated digitally in the last few weeks so there is really nothing new to this.”