Kyari was 67, Bashir clears age controversy

Personal Assistant on New Media to Buhari, Bashir Ahmad has clarified the age of Late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari

Taking to Twitter, Bashir stressed that Kyari died at 67 and was born on September 23rd, 1952.

Clarifying the age controversy, he said Kyari was being confused with a military officer who died at the age of 80 on November 25, 2018, and was born November 17, 1938.

CLARIFICATION: Mallam Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff to President Buhari was 67, he was born on Sept. 23rd, 1952, the other Abba Kyari a Nigerian military officer, who some mixed/mistaken for CoS, died at the age of 80, he was born on Nov. 17, 1938 and died on Nov. 25, 2018.

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) April 19, 2020

Kyari's age has been in contention with several media houses reporting conflicting figures of recent.