Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has recalled his encounters with Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari and Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, both of whom have tested positive for coronavirus.
Diri said although he sat beside Kyari last Thursday, the man had not caught the pandemic then.
He disclosed this on Wednesday during a visit to the state isolation centre located at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital in Okolobiri, Yenagoa Local Government Area.
He said:
“I have no contact with Governor Bala Muhammed and Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Buhari. What happened was that in the NEC meeting, we normally sit in an alphabetical order, after Bauchi is Bayelsa, so on Thursday last week, when we had NEC meeting, we sat close, and before then, he had not contacted the virus.
“During the NEC meeting, Abba Kyari was not there, we were told that he was somewhere in Germany. So, actually I am even taken by surprise, where and how the speculation is coming that I had contact with the Chief of Staff.
“For Bala Muhammed, yes, we always sit close during NEC meeting, and by then, he had not contacted the disease.”
