Mamman Daura Flown to UK on Routine Trip, Not Health Issues ― Associates
POLITICS DIGEST – Mallam Mamman Daura, a nephew of the President, Muhammadu Buhari who has reportedly flown abroad for urgent medical treatment, a family source has said that the trip was a routine one that was long-planned.
An aide and close friend of Mamman Daura, Aminu Balele Kurfi, has said that the nephew to President Muhammadu Buhari travelled to London for a routine medical check-up.
Mr Kurfi was reacting to reports Wednesday that Mr Daura was flown to the UK aboard a private jet after developing a serious medical condition suspected to be COVID-19-related.
Mr Kurfi said: “the whole world saw Mallam Mamman Daura without any sign of illness on Tuesday when he attended the funeral prayer for the late journalist, Wada Maida.”
“I was one of those who saw him off at the Airport and he called me when they landed in London this evening (yesterday),” Kurfi said.
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An online news platform had reported that Daura, known to be one of the powerful men behind the Buhari Presidency, was flown to the United Kingdom. “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 had stated.
Another source close to the family revealed that, Mamman Daura travelled on the condition of anonymity said that there was no truth in the report which alleged that Mallam Daura exhibited respiratory difficulties with symptoms similar to COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the source, “He (Mamman Daura) is there (in London) on a routine trip, it was long-planned. There is nothing wrong with Mamman Daura. You should ignore the online platform.”
Nigeria had on March 23 suspended local and international flights to and from the country as one of the ways of curtailing the spread of coronavirus which has so far infected over 50,000 Nigerians and killed 985 of them.
While local flights resumed on July 8, international flights will only resume on August 29.
It is unclear why an exemption was made for Mr Daura to fly out of the country for routine medical tests.
