Mamman Daura, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari, was allegedly the source of the recent speech delivered by Buhari in which the words of US President Barack Obama were plagiarized.
Daura, who has been reported as the biggest power influence in the government, is said to have hijacked the task of providing speeches for the Nigerian president.
According to sources who spoke to Sahara Reporters, Daura often threw away draft speeches that he did not commission.
“It is possible he wrote it himself, or he went and asked somebody else to go and write it and bring,” said one source.
One other source stated, “I can tell you that nobody writes speech anymore for President Buhari but Mamman Daura.”
Another one of the sources added: “Under President Buhari, all types of speeches, whether on the economy, education or terrorism, are organized solely by Mamman Daura, who thinks he knows everything. Buhari’s Personal Assistant, Sabiu Yusuf (popularly known as Tunde Idiagbon) then types the speeches.”
It was also reported that the Presidency was trying to fool the public through its spokesman, Garba Shehu, who said a deputy director had written the now widely ridiculed speech. Mr. Shehu had also declared that the speechwriter would be punished.