By Temidayo Akinsuyi

The Presidency on Saturday said there was nothing it could do to bar the crowd who thronged the Gudu Cemetery, Abuja to pay their last respects to the late Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari.

Speaking exclusively to Daily Independent, Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Media and Publicity said they never invited the public to the funeral and couldn’t have invited soldiers to flog those who have come to pay their last respect to deceased.

He added that in their bid to ensure crowd control and social distancing, the burial was delayed and they had to proceed as more people kept trooping to the cemetery.

Was there any invitation for the public to come for the burial? Go back to my Twitter handle and read what I posted. From 10am, when we picked up the body at the airport, we said a message out that the funeral will be private and that the public should please go and pray for Abba Kyari”.

“We also said no condolence visits to the President and family. What can we do? Are we going to invite soldiers to flog people who came to pay their last respect to the man?”

“We didn’t invite people. We were trying to move people back and observe social distancing and it was delaying the funeral. We just have to do it because people are not ready to leave. What are we going to do?” he asked.

Shehu, in a series of tweets on Saturday, shortly after the remains of Kyari arrived at the Defence House in Abuja for his burial had said “We just received the body of Abba Kyari, the deceased Chief of Staff the President in Abuja”.
“In strict observation of the protocol put in place for the burial of Coronavirus victims by the NCDC, and the Federal Ministry of Health, the funeral prayer and burial will be private.
“Thereafter, there will be no such ceremonies as condolence visits.
“Well-meaning friends, family members and the general public are encouraged to pray for the repose of Abba Kyari’s soul,”.

https://www.independent.ng/we-never-invited-crowd-that-thronged-s-funeral-presidency/

U Didn't need to invite them... all you needed to do was to ensure they were not there!!!

You have the security and all apparatus needed to do that!

smh

Well the remote control is gone, so expect the TV to misbehave nowadays.


presidency ko TV ni.

So why did the security agency disperse them?

It is easier for them to kill youths in the East and flog a woman sitting in front of her house in the West than asking those guys to go home.

Sorry we forgot that this is government of the North.

Imagine his response.

Was there even supposed to be a burial in the first place?

He died with COVID-19 for Christ's sake!

Isn't handling his corpse at this very moment a health risk?

We are not even ready in this country.

You think Corona virus is a joke abi?

Over 30,000 people have died in America alone

Within 2 weeks we went from 100+ to 400+ cases - correct me if I'm wrong.


Covid-19 is REAL!

Stay safe and stay at home

Hmmm

Story for the gods... They should find them and sanction them - if they will...

I have spoken

Animal farm

What kinda joke is the Presidency publicly exposing her incompetence....

Ashabbiiee:
By Temidayo Akinsuyi

The Presidency on Saturday said there was nothing it could do to bar the crowd who thronged the Gudu Cemetery, Abuja to pay their last respects to the late Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari.

Speaking exclusively to Daily Independent, Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Media and Publicity said they never invited the public to the funeral and couldn’t have invited soldiers to flog those who have come to pay their last respect to deceased.

He added that in their bid to ensure crowd control and social distancing, the burial was delayed and they had to proceed as more people kept trooping to the cemetery.

Was there any invitation for the public to come for the burial? Go back to my Twitter handle and read what I posted. From 10am, when we picked up the body at the airport, we said a message out that the funeral will be private and that the public should please go and pray for Abba Kyari”.

“We also said no condolence visits to the President and family. What can we do? Are we going to invite soldiers to flog people who came to pay their last respect to the man?”

“We didn’t invite people. We were trying to move people back and observe social distancing and it was delaying the funeral. We just have to do it because people are not ready to leave. What are we going to do?” he asked.

Shehu, in a series of tweets on Saturday, shortly after the remains of Kyari arrived at the Defence House in Abuja for his burial had said “We just received the body of Abba Kyari, the deceased Chief of Staff the President in Abuja”.
“In strict observation of the protocol put in place for the burial of Coronavirus victims by the NCDC, and the Federal Ministry of Health, the funeral prayer and burial will be private.
“Thereafter, there will be no such ceremonies as condolence visits.
“Well-meaning friends, family members and the general public are encouraged to pray for the repose of Abba Kyari’s soul,”.

https://www.independent.ng/we-never-invited-crowd-that-thronged-s-funeral-presidency/

The usual rant of a useful idiot@garbageshehu

I am feeling very hungry pls someone should help me,anythimg would be appreciated,2085101641,uba,please

But could do everything to charge people to mobile courts for coming out of Lock down

And they can chase them away, medicine after death

Well he is dead and buried now. As for those illiterate amajiris that attended, let them spreading the virus up not there.
I think it's time they depopulate a little up there.