I was on vacation not suspension - Abba Kyari

The chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari Abba Kyari, has denied the circulating rumours that he was on suspension, saying he went on a two-week leave.

Kyari stopped over at the press gallery of the council chamber while on his way to the president's office.

He jocularly told the press men to tweet that he was back to work.

"Are you going to tweet that I am back?" Kyari asked.

Approached for interview, which declined, saying his job does not allow him to grant interviews.

He said "I don't talk to the press. You know my job doesn't allow me talking".

The reporters asked him to react to the reports of his suspension, his response was: "Can't I go on leave?"

There have been allegations that Mr. Kyari was suspended over a bribery case involving MTN and the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC).

It was alleged that he collected N500 million from the telecoms giants in order to help reduce their fine from 

N1.04 trillion to N330 billion for failing to disconnect unregistered subscribers.