VIDEO: Presidency releases “evidence” to show Buhari’s nephew, Mamman Daura, is hale, hearty

The Presidency has released a piece of video evidence to put a lie to earlier reports that  Mamman Daura, nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari, was sick and  had been flown out of the country for medical attention.

However, on Saturday morning, Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, on his verified Twitter handle, @BashirAhmaad, posted a video of Daura in a room, having a phone conversation.

Daura in the video could be seen talking on phone largely in Hausa. But it could nit be confirmed whether the video was produced before Daura’s reported sickness or after the report, which effort is now being made to debunk.

No iota of truth in the earlier story that Mallam Mamman Daura was flown to London for an emergency medical attention, he is hale and hearty, Nigerians should disregard that story. pic.twitter.com/6CJMwnDDlD

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) August 22, 2020

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But debunking the rumour of Daura’s critical health status, Ahmad tweeted: “no iota of truth in the earlier story that Mallam Mamman Daura was flown to London for an emergency medical attention, he is hale and hearty, Nigerians should disregard that story”.

A translation of Daura’s end of his telephone conversation in the video attached to the tweet read as follows: “the Governor has come, a day before I left. He came to condole for Samaila Isa (Funtua). Yes, a day before. Yes, it’s true. Amin, that is his time”.

In a similar vein, one of Daura’s sons, Mohammed Daura debunked the claim, saying it was fabricated.

“Alhamdulillah. Baba is perfectly fine. He neither has a history of renal problems nor does he have any breathing difficulties like reports have it”.

Mallam Daura, the influential 79 -year-old nephew of Buhari, was reported to have been hurriedly flown abroad on Wednesday for conditions resembling COVID-19, which, according to reports, had persisted since Friday.

(With additional information from TNG)