Ex-Foreign Affairs Minister, Gambari, May Emerge Buhari’s New Chief of Staff
POLITICS DIGEST – Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, has been appointed the new Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.
With this development, Mr. Gambari will Replace Mallam Abba Kyari, who died last month of COVID-19.
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Although the Presidency has yet to formally confirm this, there are strong indications that the announcement will be made at the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, May 13, 2020.
Gambari, as foreign minister, played a key role in quelling the diplomatic uproar generated by the failed attempt to kidnap Mallam Umaru Dikko from UK by the Buhari military government.
The new chief of Staff, an Ilorin prince, was born on November 24, 1944.