An aide and close friend of Mamman Daura, Aminu Balele Kurfi has said that the nephew to President Muhammadu Buhari travelled to London for routine medical check up.
Mr Kurfi was reacting to a report by an online medium Wednesday which said that Mr Daura was flown to the UK aboard a private jet after developing a serious medical condition suspected to be Covid-19 related.
Speaking to Journalists Wednesday evening, Mr Kurfi said “the whole world saw Mallam Mamman Daura without any sign of illness on Tuesday when he attended the funeral prayer for late journalist, Wada Maida”.
He also said Mr Daura often travels for medical checks with his ling term doctors based in the UK.
“I was one of those who saw him off at the Airport and he called me when they landed in London this evening,” he said.
He described report of serious illness as “fake news”.
At 80 years it is natural that he will from time to time undertake medical checks.
He added that as a free citizen, Mamman Daura is free to seek for medical services or opinion anywhere.
“If he were sick and the sickness is Covid-19 do you think UK authorities will allow him to travel there at this time,” he asked.
Why he is being targeted
Mr Kurfi also said Mr Daura is being targeted by a section of the media for freely expressing his opinion regarding the 2023 election.
“What is wrong in advising that Nigerians should go for competence and not necessarily where one comes from in electing leaders?
“There are competent leaders in all the regions of the country and democracy has now developed to a situation whereby anyone being elected must be on the basis of what they have to offer and not where they come from.
He said some of the people “trying to bring down the government by advocating for a revolution where on the ballot during the last election but could not win their state, local government, ward or even polling unit, so they are now resorting to call for violence, can they be allowed to do that in any other country?” he said.
