'We Couldn’t Invite Soldiers To Flog Crowd At Abba Kyari's Burial' – Presidency

The Presidency has opened up on the crowd that attended the burial rites of former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari at the Gudu Cemetery, Abuja.

Speaking to reporters, Garba Shehu, the President’s aide on Media and Publicity, said there was nothing they could do to bar the crowd.

Shehu said they did not invite the crowd at the funeral and could not have invited soldiers to flog and chase them away.

He explained further that the burial was delayed in their attempt to maintain social distancing but 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 sent 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.

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Posted: at 19-04-2020 08:39 AM (5 years ago) | Addicted Hero

But u sent the same soldiers to kill an innocent man who was walking alone in the street to buy what him and his family will eat.

Posted: at 19-04-2020 09:48 AM (5 years ago) | Hero

Idiot, if the funeral take place outside North, you would have picked them up and prosecute them for not observing social distance. If I may asked, what about the invitees praying for the corpse. Were they not invited as well?

Posted: at 19-04-2020 12:18 PM (5 years ago) | Upcoming

In the next 5 weeks or so, more one third of those who attended Abba Kyari's funeral will be dead. They have already contracted the virus and they infect their family members and friends and very soon, that state will not be able to manage dead bodies.

Posted: at 19-04-2020 02:18 PM (5 years ago) | Newbie

na una sabi

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Posted: at 19-04-2020 03:59 PM (5 years ago) | Addicted Hero