The Daura family insists nobody can separate President Muhammadu Buhari from his nephew, Mamman Daura, despite the feud between Buhari’s wife, Aisha, and his close associate’s immediate family.

Speaking during an interview with Sunday PUNCH at the family house of the Dauras in Shaishakowa Quarters in Daura, Katsina State, Mamman Daura’s younger brother, Usman Daura, said Buhari and Mamman Daura had both come a long way.

He said, “Mallam Mamman Daura is the eldest man in our family now. I am his younger brother. The gap between us qualifies him to be my father, despite being my elder brother. But you know Mallam Daura and President Muhammadu Buhari have come a long way right from their youth. Even when President Buhari was the military Head of State in Lagos, they were together. Nobody can separate them.

“If you go to the GRA (Government Reserved Area), where Mallam Mamman has his house in Daura, you will see that his building is next to that of President Buhari. That is how they have been all along. He built his house at GRA even before our father’s death. Our father died on October 3, 1993.”

A Daura-based legal practitioner, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “Mallam Mamman Daura is from Daura, but he is better known in Kaduna since that was where he was based before President Muhammadu Buhari became President.

“Both men are very close. Mamman Daura’s father, Alhaji Dauda Daura, was the President’s elder brother, and they are very close in that family.”

The Chairman of Coalition of Associations in Daura, Alhaji Muhammed Saleh, described Mallam Daura as a disciplined gentleman who is modest and honest.

Saleh said, “Mallam Mamman Daura is a very simple man. He and President Muhammadu Buhari have come a long way. They are very close. Don’t forget, President Buhari is his nephew and their family is very close. Nobody can come between the President and Mallam Mamman Daura. They are like Siamese twins. They understand each other perfectly, having been together for over 70 years.

“It is a known fact that Mallam Mamman Daura has always been playing the role of a very loyal brother and friend to President Muhammadu Buhari. Daura has also been the last man standing even when others deserted the President. He is doing all these not because he is expecting anything in return from the President. But you know, people say blood is thicker than water. President Muhammadu Buhari is Mamman Daura and Mamman Daura is President Buhari. You cannot separate them.”

Another Daura-based legal practitioner and lecturer at the Federal University, Dutse in Jigawa State, Mr Ado Lalu, also said the duo had a very tight relationship.

Besides being close relations, Lalu said Mamman Daura had displayed loyalty and honesty to President Buhari.

He said, “Mallam Daura has demonstrated that in life, it is good to stand by whoever you believe in. He has shown that he believes in President Muhammadu Buhari, no matter what people say.

“Don’t forget that the two gentlemen were together when they did not even know that they would be popularly known personalities. They grew up together in the same family.

“Mallam Mamman Daura’s offence may be that he has not allowed people to poison his mind against President Muhammadu Buhari.

“Also, remember that during President Buhari’s travails shortly after he was ousted from power as military Head of State, Mallam Daura was there for him, playing the role expected of true, concerned and responsible relation. He has never disowned President Muhammadu Buhari.

“Although Daura may not like this being said because he is a modest man, I need to let Nigerians know. Long before President Buhari built his house in Kaduna, he was staying in Mallam Mamman Daura’s house there (Kaduna). Unless you are very close to them, you would not believe that they are not from the same mother, this is just to let you know the extent of their closeness. Nobody can separate them.

“For his closeness to President Buhari, Mallam Daura has suffered persecution, which he would not even make public. And naturally in life, if someone has proved his loyalty to you and all that are yours, you are bound to love him back. It is too late for anybody to come between President Buhari and Mallam Daura.”

In his Kaduna residence along the Inuwa Wada Road, a neighbour, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Mamman Daura seldom visited the house, but added that domestic workers and guards took care of the expansive compound.

“He (Daura) rarely comes to his Kaduna residence. Whenever he comes, he spends at least three days. Before he comes back, it takes another seven or eight months. Nobody is staying in the expansive compound except domestic workers and guards,” he said.


The feud

The feud between the President’s wife and the Daura family became public following a video leaked online in which Aisha was heard complaining about being locked out of a room and demanding that some people should pack their belongings and leave the apartment. The video was recorded by Mamman Daura’s daughter Fatima, who accused the First Lady of attacking her at the Villa.

On return from her two-month holiday in the United Kingdom on October 13, Aisha confirmed in a 25-second voice clip on the BBC Hausa Service website that she was the person in the video in question. She accused Fatima of recording the incident while the security detail did nothing because the culprit was Mamman Daura’s daughter.

Although the wife of the President on October 16 apologised to her children, family members and the public for the embarrassment caused by the viral video, some legal practitioners have condemned Fatima’s action while some simply described the issue as a family affair.


Lawyers divided over the matter

A human rights lawyer, Mr Ebunoluwa Adegboruwa (SAN), in an interview with Sunday PUNCH, said the scuffle between Aisha and Fatima was destroying the President’s immunity and that it might cause a big distraction to him.

Adegboruwa said, “Aso Rock is the official residence of the President and I think it should be restricted to members of his (President) immediate family, but this may not be followed strictly.

“In terms of what has happened between the wife of the President and Fatima, daughter of Mamman Daura, it is quite appalling and scandalous that such has been going on within the precinct of the seat of power.

“First, there is no constitutional provision for the Office of the Wife of the President and that six aides were appointed for that office, it seems the President is the one encouraging the power play that has been going on.

“Second, this is creating a distraction for the President. The constitution envisages the President to be executive in the true sense of it; the President whose mind is at alert and that is why the immunity in Section 308 of the Constitution was created to give the President focus. That immunity is being destroyed now by that domestic and embarrassing scuffle between those close to the President

“I think the President should clear the Villa and get out all those who are not supposed to be there – those who were not voted into office by the people of Nigeria.”

But another Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Nathaniel Oke, said there was nothing wrong with the Dauras living with the President in Aso Rock.

He said, “I don’t think Daura’s family members living with the President have contravened any law. I believe there are separate apartments where they live and the reality on the ground is that they are being accommodated and nothing more than that. There is nothing wrong with that.”

A professor of Law at the University of Jos, Nnamdi Aduba, also said there was nothing wrong with members of the President’s extended family living in Aso Villa.

“I believe the President, as a public officer, is also entitled to some privileges just like some of us in the university system. For example, I live in the professorial quarters and you cannot determine who comes to live with me there. All you can say is that when they come, they will be subjected to the rules here. They should know that they cannot bring any kind of friends and there are things that they cannot do.

“In my view, the President has the right to bring his relations to live with him there. We are in a traditional African society, so we shouldn’t forget this. The only thing is that when their relations visit or live with them in the official quarters, they must behave themselves. They must put on the best behaviour.”

Also, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Paul Usoro (SAN), said it was at the discretion of the President to determine those who could reside in the Villa.

“That one (living in the Presidential Villa) is not a legal thing. It is not in the constitution; no stipulation states the number of people who can live there,” he said.

Security guards, family mount pressure on Fatima

There are indications that Fatima has come under pressure by Aso Rock security and family members not to release the second part of the video of her clash with Aisha.

A source, who is privy to what he described as ‘‘ongoing efforts aimed at mending rough edges’’, told one of our correspondents that there were moves to make sure that the “video is stopped from being released at all costs.’’

He said Buhari and Daura families were shocked when the first part of the video was released by Fatima.

The source said, “It is difficult for the young lady to release the other part of the video. This is because the first one she released has put the Federal Government and President Buhari in a very bad light.

“Also, there are concerns within the security circle, families and friends that she should not be allowed to release the second or whatever part of the video.

“Therefore, she may not go further (in releasing the video). Already, you can see that Aisha has apologised for her action in the video. That is an indication that elders in the two families and government had successfully intervened in the feud.”

Villa face-off is a family affair — Security source

The altercation between Aisha and Fatima is being treated by the security services as a domestic affair, Sunday PUNCH has further learnt.

A senior government official who insisted on anonymity accused the media of trying to “make a mountain out of a molehill.”

He explained that it was normal for members of a family including that of the President to have disagreements, adding that there was nothing unusual about what transpired as was captured in the video in question.

The official said, “I don’t see the issue here. They had a normal face-off over some domestic issues. How does that translate into a national emergency?

“Let me ask you, don’t members of your family have disagreements from time to time? The first family are humans too, they can agree and disagree on any issue just like normal families do.”

Source:https://punchng.com/nobody-can-separate-buhari-mamman-daura-family-kinsmen/

By the time the close relationship between him and the man Daura is allowed to interfere in his private home affairs and the handling of the matters of the State, then it says a lot about the strength or weakness of character of the man Muhammadu Buhari.

Well.... I wish them all the Best.

Naija and wahala,no be Daura one give him nephew another babe

He’s one of Buhari most trusted advisor, they are blood related. He packaged Buhari who is uneducated and lack leadership skills, helped him become the number 1 citizen of Nigeria and some mischief want Buhari to dump him.

One thing I admire about Buhari is his loyalty to the people he considered his, such loyalty is hard to find in the current bred of Nigeria politician.

Their closeness is worrisome.

AroleOduduwa2:
He’s one of Buhari most trusted advisor, they are blood related. He packaged Buhari who is uneducated and lack leadership skills, helped him become the number 1 citizen of Nigeria and some mischief want Buhari to dump him.

One thing I admire about Buhari is his loyalty to the people he considered his, such loyalty is hard to find in the current bred of Nigeria politician.

He packaged Buhari and helped him become number 1 citizen?! How? Where did you get this conclusion? Where was Mamman Daura before 2015 election that made Buhari the President? What was his contribution to Buhari's winning the Presidential election in 2015 and even in 2019?

Cc lalasticlala

Clevite:

He packaged Buhari and helped him become number 1 citizen?! How? Where did you get this conclusion? Where was Mamman Daura before 2015 election that made Buhari the President? What was his contribution to Buhari's winning the Presidential election in 2015 and even in 2019?

The fact that you did not see Mamman Days at the forefront during the campaigns does not mean he did not contribute to the success of the election.

Get this now, some people are more efficient and effective working at the background.

Villa face-off is a family affair-Security source "..The altercation between Aisha and Fatima is being treated by the security services as a domestic affair, Sunday PUNCH has further learnt...."

Family affair in Aso Rock? Abeg so family affair in the nation's seat of power? Did Nigerians elected Buhari or Mamman Daura?

Everyone should hope for a loyal and supportive person like Mamman Daura is to President Buhari. Someone that can go a million miles for you, take a bullet and whose support is never in doubt no matter the stakes.

Even if you don't like their politics, you will admire their friendship and loyalty.

As the family affair goes on


The looting spree continues while the masses suffer in penury

The Dauras are only interested in making sure that the country remains the poverty capital of the world where they put it...


Death to all those who brought this affliction called Buhari on the country

Are we sure these two ain't gay lovers, how can two grown old men not leave the sight of each other.

God can

sanpipita:
Are we sure these two ain't gay lovers, how can two grown old men not leave the sight of each other.

We should embrace all gay things more <3

Who cares as long as we are not paying him for doing nothing

Buhari you ignored your wife because of Mamman Daura..

Is there anything you're not telling us??

Ayed44:
The fact that you did not see Mamman Days at the forefront during the campaigns does not mean he did not contribute to the success of the election.

Get this now, some people are more efficient and effective working at the background.

"He packaged Buhari and ... helped him become a number 1 citizen of Nigeria." Is that the contribution you're attributing to Mamman Daura in the events preceeding and leading to Buhari's becoming the President of Nigeria in 2015 that we all saw? And you think this kind of vital contribution will be the kind that would go on in the background unnoticed to all?

Let us know the kind of packaging and help done by Daura to Buhari to make him the President of Nigeria. A man that packaged and helped a candidate to become a President after 12 years of three attempts and failings to become the number 1 citizen of a country can not work at the background unnoticed. What kind of packaging, what kind of help did Daura give to Buhari to become the President of Nigeria? That's what you must make us know, please.

So far their relationship don't delve into state matters. Nobody will really care

It's a family affair just that Buhari is president that's why we heard abt this. What's going on in some families is more than this. Mamman Daura doesn't see Aisha as first lady the way Nigerians see her. He sees her as a wife in their family. It's their family palava.

Clevite:
By the time the close relationship between him and the man Daura is allowed to interfere in his private home affairs and the handling of the matters of the State, then it says a lot about the strength or weakness of character of the man Muhammadu Buhari.

tell them ooooo there relationship is not our business the Dauras should not interfere in the affairs of this country Nigeria is not their private company Ndi Ara

sanpipita:
Are we sure these two ain't gay lovers, how can two grown old men not leave the sight of each other.

bobrisky reloaded

GreetMe:
Buhari you ignored your wife because of Mamman Daura..

Is there anything you're not telling us??

your guess is as good as mine

Annie939:
your guess is as good as mine

Lol

Is it that,the guy who said that mamman daura packaged bubu to be president is high on codeine or tramadol?
Where was daura where buharia the serial loser was losing election like dry leaf...
Even his second tenure is still a stolen mandates...
Ask the likes of shehu sani,emir of kano,junaid & host of others born to rule warriors.... Buhari know so well that the sin of electoral fraud hang on his neck and the people who urge him on,are there to use it at the right time to their own advantage...
Buhari isn't a veteran politician, he should have done once and move on with his loot....everyday he stay longer in aso rock more sins are heaps up on his head with thinny neck...

Clevite:

"He packaged Buhari and ... helped him become a number 1 citizen of Nigeria." Is that the contribution you're attributing to Mamman Daura in the events preceeding and leading to Buhari's becoming the President of Nigeria in 2015 that we all saw? And you think this kind of vital contribution will be the kind that would go on in the background unnoticed to all?

Let us know the kind of packaging and help done by Daura to Buhari to make him the President of Nigeria. A man that packaged and helped a candidate to become a President after 12 years of three attempts and failings to become the number 1 citizen of a country can not work at the background unnoticed. What kind of packaging, what kind of help did Daura give to Buhari to become the President of Nigeria? That's what you must make us know, please.

That guy is high on codeine...
If you want to know where the real help emerged from...ask the likes of Ameachi about river moni,ask Adeboye of redeem because of his spiritual son VP, ask tinubu because of his 2023 ambition & agenda & obj because of beef with gej.....
Mamman daura help package buhari? A rejected candidate.
See,in a fair contest,buhari cant beat even Ribadu,kwankwaso,shehu sani,emir of kano should he contest...