The Presidency has released a piece of video evidence to confirm the sound health of Mallam Mamman Daura, nephew of President Muhmmadu Buhari, who several media quarters reported to have rushed out of the country to seek urgent medical care earlier in the week.
Several media claimed on Wednesday that Daura was flown abroad over conditions resembling symptoms of COVID-19.
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.
Dispelling 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”.
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