At last, the person considered to be one of the most powerful figures in the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, Mamman Daura, has broken his silence, saying he had never imposed his decision on the president.
Daura spoke in a brief interview with the BBC Hausa Service monitored in Lagos on Tuesday.
When asked about his relationship with President Buhari, Daura said the president is his uncle.
“My father was their mother’s firstborn. Buhari is the last born,” he said.
When reminded that people had said he and Buhari grew up together and had always been together, Daura said, “Yes…it’s true.”
On whether he had been meeting Buhari and advising him on issues, Daura answered, “Yes, I do visit him to greet him. I do give him advice, but if he asked…I advise him. But I don’t go there on my own and insist I must do this or that. No. You don’t do that to the government.”
Commenting on the clamour for power shift, he said it’s high time the country united and went for the most competent.
“This turn by turn, it was done once, it was done twice, it was done thrice… It is better for this country to be one…it should be for the most competent and not for someone who comes from somewhere,” he said.
