Wayethathwa njengomunye wabantu abanethonya futhi abanamandla ezweni laseNtshonalanga Afrika iNigeria.
Esitatimendeni esithunyelwe ngabezindaba ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku, uMengameli waseNigeria uMuhammadu Buhari umemezele ukuthi umphathi wakhe uMallam Abba Kyari udlulise izinkinga ngeCoronavirus ngoLwesihlanu.
Umufi ubethole ukuthi une-COVID-19 ebicasula futhi ubethola ukwelashwa.
UKyari, owayeseminyakeni yama-70 futhi enezinkinga zempilo ezibandakanya isifo sikashukela, wayengumsizi ophezulu osemthethweni kuMongameli oneminyaka engu-77 ubudala futhi engomunye wamadoda anamandla kakhulu ezweni ..
EzikaKyari kube yisona esike sadlula emhlabeni ngenxa yalesi sifo ezweni laseNtshonalanga ne-Afrika, elinabangu-493 abaqinisekise amacala nokufa kwabantu abangu-17, ngokusho kweNigeria Centre for Disease Control.