Recently, a disturbing story flooded the Nigerian social media space.

Reports, earlier, said Mamman Daura, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari, went abroad for emergency medical treatment.

While Daura's family insists that his health remained stable, some Nigerians experiencing a feeling of 'not again'.

Nonetheless, President Buhari has lost key associates who form the Aso Villa cabal this year (2020).

As expected,  critics are wagging their tongues over the depleting might of his inner circle.

Here are three (3) members of President Buhari's cabal that have died in 2020.

1. Abba Kyari

Abba Kyari was the first person within the president's inner circle to die in recent times. And so, his death shook Nigeria for several reasons.

Firstly, he was the chief of staff to the president. Secondly he died of COVID-19, the first prominent Nigerian to succumb to the disease.

Above all, he was member of “the cabal”, some citizens seen him as Nigeria's de-facto president.

Kyari died on April 17 after battling coronavirus for about a month. He had tested positive for the virus after he returned from Germany where he led a government delegation to meet with officials of Siemens to finalise deals relating to the Nigerian power sector. In his tribute, Buhari described Kyari as “very best of us” and “my dearest friend”.

2. Isa Funtua

The president was still mourning Kyari when Isa Funtua, another of his close allies, passed on....

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