The Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, has confirmed that those who attended the burial of the late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, have been locked out of the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
Shehu stated this on his Twitter page on Sunday.
According to the president’s spokesman, it is a standard rule put in place by the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Federal Ministry of Health.
“There is nothing extraordinary about those of us who attended 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,” he tweeted.
The Presidency has been at the butt of criticisms since images of the crowd at Kyari’s burial went viral.