Chief of Staff to Nigerian President, Mr. Abba Kyari, has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus.
According to The Punch, a top source at the Federal Ministry of Health said on Tuesday that Kyari, who recently returned from Germany, had tested positive to the virus.
The source, however, said the President, Muhammadu Buhari had tested negative but that the President would be tested again in a few days, The Punch reports.
The State House has yet to comment on either Buhari or Kyari’s coronavirus status.
The Punch further reports that the presidential spokesman, Mr Garba Shehu, failed to respond to enquiries on the matter.
Kyari is one of the oldest persons in Nigeria with a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus.