Special Adviser to
President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has recalled
how late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari appeared to him in a dream before he was
pronounced dead.
According to the
Presidential aide, Abba Kyari appeared in the dream in an unusual outfit and a
friend who interpreted the dream told him the late CoS came to tell him
goodbye.
Adesina wrote;
“I’m not much of a dreamer. At least, not
dreams with significance. Dreams come from a multitude of businesses, as the
Good Book says, so if a man drinks a bowl of garri before going to bed, and he
dreams of swimming in a pond or river, he actually started swimming right from
inside that bowl of garri.
“On Thursday night
inward Friday, I dreamt. The President and myself were in a corridor in the
Presidential Villa, and he was talking with me. Suddenly, by my right, I saw a
figure waiting for me to finish with the President.
“It was Mallam Abba,
clad in his usual white native attire, with the trademark red cap. But this
time, there was no flowing Agbada, which I found rather odd.
“He never (or
rarely) appeared without the flowing robe. He was heavily bearded, another
surprise, and the beard was all white. I rounded off discussion with the
President, and yielded space for the Chief.
“I made nothing of
the dream, but after he died, I shared my experience with my friend, Mallam
Garba Deen Mohammed.
“‘He came to say
goodbye to you, and you didn’t know it,’ my friend said. I didn’t know till
then that Garba Deen had the uncommon gift of interpretation of dreams. Well, I
now know where to go the next time I dream.
“On Friday, April
17, I uncharacteristically went to bed after listening to the 8 p.m news. And
off I went, for “He giveth his beloved sleep.” No dream, no kakiri kakiri
(wandering) in my sleep. Till my phone fetched me from a far distance, out of
that deep sleep. It was 12. 05 a.m.
“At the other end of
the line was a senior aide of the President. He told me he was there with two
other very prominent personalities, whom he named. Then he dropped the bomb.
“’Mallam Abba is dead,
and we need you to issue a statement informing the public.’
“I sprang from the
bed, with my head almost touching the ceiling. Sleep fled completely from my
eyes. Abba Kyari dead? How? When? Where? But he promised us he would soon be
back at his desk. This was sad, sad, sad….”
Abba Kyari who
tested positive for COVID-19 few weeks ago, died in Lagos on Friday April 17.
He was buried on Saturday April 18, in a ceremony attended by family, friends
and loved ones who came to pay their last respect.
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