Covid-19: Reactions as Kano Commissioner sacked for celebrating Abba Kyari’s death tests positive
Kano Commissioner for works, Mu’az Magaji, who was sacked for celebrating death of late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari has tested positive for covid-19.
Magaji disclosed this on his Facebook page on Thursday.
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He wrote, ” This morning my NCDC test is out. I have been confirmed covid-19 positive.”
He further revealed that he has immediately been moved to one of the State facilities for isolation.
Reactions have also followed immediately he disclosed the news.
The former commissioner of works & infractures,Kano state, Engr Mu'azu Magaji that mocked & celebrated death of Abba kyari, d CoS to PMB who died of Covid-19 has just tested positive to Covid-19 too.
— Olayemi ?? (@olayemi_123) May 7, 2020
Lesson: That shall not make mockery of d dead&d sick. I wish him quick recovery. pic.twitter.com/ZcNO15IeVP
The story of kano former commissioner that jubilate d demise of Abba kyari is a lesson that life is an echo what u send out,comes back.
— Ibro?✨ (@Ibrahim_s_ahmad) May 7, 2020
Never gloat over the downfall of anyone,same fate awaits a certain person.
Well, I wish him quick recovery and a change of mindset and life.
Recall that the Kano State Governor, Umar Ganduje, had relieved Magaji of his duty last month following “unguarded utterances” he reportedly made on social media over the departed CoS.
“Win win… Nigeria is free and Abba kyari ya mutu a cikin annoba… Mutuwar shahada in Har da Imani mutum ya cika,” Magaji had stated on Facebook, code-mixing the English, and Hausa Languages just as the late CoS was buried at the Gudu Cemetery in Abuja.
The translation of the post reads, “Win win… Nigeria is free and Abba Kyari has died in the epidemic… the death of a martyr… if he is a believer, the person is complete.”
Reacting to this, in a statement via Facebook, said, “As a Muslim and a patriotic Nigerian, I was only misunderstood by people to think that I celebrated Kyari’s death, the truth is I did not.”
The late Mallam Abba Kyari was privileged to die as a result of COVID-19, making him among the beneficiaries in Islam. He is conferred with the automatic privilege of martyrdom.
He explained that the use of the win-win phrase was to explain the Islamic promise of the people that died in pandemic. “However, in an emotional reaction to my posting, agents around the office of the Chief of Staff misunderstood my whole meaning, infuriated from the loss of their benefactor (and) as such petitioned my principal.
”I could not have celebrated the death of any human being; because it’s against my culture, social civilization and most importantly, the teaching of my religion. “I sincerely apologise for any misunderstood action, reaction and inactions, we are all in a difficult time that anxiety, worries and depression make understanding difficult. “I pray for Allah to grant the late Chief of Staff eternal rest in AlJannah Firdaus and give his family and associates the fortitude to bear his loss,” he wrote.
