The Presidency has released a piece of video evidence to debunk earlier reports that Mallam Mamman Daura, nephew of President Muhmmadu Buhari is sick and 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.
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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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.
“For the past couple of days, we have been forced to deny numerous times a completely fabricated story about our father’s well-being.”
“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.