Mamman Daura Flown Abroad For Medical Treatment - SaharaReporters
Afnews Editor
Aug 20, 2020
Mamman Daura, a nephew of the President Muhammadu Buhari, was on Wednesday flown abroad for an urgent medical treatment, according to a report by SaharaReporters.
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The online news platform, reported that Daura, known to be one of the powerful men behind Buhari's Presidency, was flown to the United Kingdom.
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"Daura, 79, was said to have been flown in a private jet to the UK on Wednesday after exhibiting respiratory difficulties with symptoms similar to coronavirus since last Friday," the report read.
Daura made the trip at a time the ban imposed on international flights as one of the ways of curtailing further spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria has not been lifted.
The President's wife, Aisha Buhari, had also defied the ban and reportedly flew to the United Arab Emirates.
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Efforts to get presidential spokesmen to talk on the Daura's trip on Wednesday evening did not yield any result.
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A Presidency source however said since Daura is not a government official, it would be wrong to expect any reaction from the government.
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"Is he (Daura) a government official? Is that how the Presidency has been speaking officially on the movement of private citizens? I think it will be unfair to expect the Presidency to speak on this," the source said.
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