USA Africa Dialogue Series - SACKED KANO STATE COMMISSIONER TESTS POSITIVE

Kano commissioner who 'celebrated' Abba Kyari's death tests positive for COVID-19 By Zahraddeen Yakubu Shuaibu |  May 7, 2020 14:08 PM TwitterFacebookWhatsAppTelegram A former Kano State Commissioner of Works and Infrastructure, Muazu Magaji, has tested positive for COVID-19. Magaji was sacked from his position as commissioner by Kano state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, because of posts he made on his Facebook page, which indicated he was celebrating the death of Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. However, Magaji maintained that he was misunderstood and denied celebrating the death of the Chief of Staff. Kyari died on April 17 in a hospital in Lagos after battling with the coronavirus. ADVERTISEMENT Dear valued readers, subscribe to the Daily Trust e-paper to continue enjoying our diet of authoritative news. Kindly subscribe here   The sacked commissioner, on Thursday, again took to his Facebook page to announce his coronavirus status. Wadi Rum fly over... 00:00 Previous PauseNext 00:28 / 01:41 Unmute Fullscreen Copy video url Play / Pause Mute / Unmute Report a problem Language Mox Player READ: Abba Kyari, top African govt officials who have died from Coronavirus He said he has been moved to one of the isolation centres in the state. "This morning my NCDC test is out… I have been confirmed COVID-19 positive and have been moved to one of the state facilities.. pray for u!", the post read. Earlier before, the former commissioner posted on his Facebook page that he has been down for some days and that his sample was taken by the NCDC and awaiting the result, which later turned positive. Magaji urged people to pray for him for recovery from the disease.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/kano-commissioner-who-celebrated-abba-kyaris-death-tests-positive-for-covid-19.html  

--
Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
To subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Current archives at http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
Early archives at http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/usaafricadialogue/CAE0NUSaHyv4v5o8oqarYEvmiBnHGVRcqvUoLVP-Nh3YUkGrkwg%40mail.gmail.com.