A security official tries to close the Wuse Market in Abuja following an order by the Federal Capital Territory, which is aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19 in Abuja on April 13th, 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV
Health workers lower the remains of Abba Kyari into a grave at the Gudu Cemetery in Abuja on April 18, 2020. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic lingers, the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, died on Friday last week.
Barely 24 hours after the Presidency announced his death, Kyari was laid to rest at the Gudu Cemetery in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
Here are some of the best photos from last week:
A security official tries to close the Wuse Market in Abuja following an order by the Federal Capital Territory, which is aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19 in Abuja on April 13th, 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV
People watch as the late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, is laid to rest at the Gudu Cemetery in Abuja on April 18, 2020. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV
A man reacts as a medical worker takes a swab from his nose during a community COVID-19 testing campaign in Abuja on April 15, 2020. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV
A team of COVID-19 Taskforce officials block motorists defaulting the stay-at-home order along the Airport Road in the Lugbe area of Abuja on April 13, 2020. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV
A health worker helps his colleague with his PPE during a community testing in Abuja on April 15, 2020, as authorities race to contain the spread of COVID-19. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV
Amid the COVID-19 lockdown, a woman opens her shop for business in the Mpape area of Abuja on April 18, 2020. Oluchi, a mother of one says she is starving while staying at home and tired of waiting for relief materials from the government. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV
Family members and well-wishers pray as an ambulance carrying the body of the late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, is parked in Abuja on April 18, 2020. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV
Residents carry cooking gas cylinders along the Airport Road in Abuja on April 18, 2020 during the ongoing lockdown aimed at containing the spread of coronavirus. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV
Some internally displaced persons receive food items from the Nigeria’s Victims Support Fund, as the authorities battle the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Abuja on April 14, 2020. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV
Health workers lower the remains of Abba Kyari into a grave at the Gudu Cemetery in Abuja on April 18, 2020. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV
Workers offload food bags to be distributed to residents in Abuja as COVID-19 palliatives to ease the effect of the ongoing lockdown on April 17, 2020. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV
An airplane conveying relief materials from the United Nations arrives at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja as part of efforts to ease the effect of COVID-19 on residents in Abuja on April 14, 2020. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV
