Mamman Daura, a nephew to President Muhammadu Buhari, has reportedly been flown to the United Kingdom for urgent medical treatment, according to Sahara Reporters.
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The 79-year-old top confidant of the president was said to have been taken the UK in a private jet on Wednesday.
He was said to have been experiencing respiratory difficulties with COVID-19 related symptoms since last Friday.
Mamman Daura former is s member of the ‘Cabal’, influencing decisions at the seat of power.
The former journalist is said to have had a history of renal crisis and had regularly visited the UK for medical checks.
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.
Efforts to get presidential spokesmen to talk on the Daura’s trip on Wednesday evening did not yield any result.
A Presidency source however said since Daura is not a government official, it would be wrong to expect any reaction from the government.
“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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