As uncertainty trails Buhari's return to Nigeria Mamman Daura's cabal takes over Aso Rock. Aisha Buhari laments

As uncertainty trails Buhari's return to Nigeria Mamman Daura's cabal takes over Aso Rock. Aisha Buhari laments

As uncertainty looms over the return date 'General' Muhammadu Buhari, who is undergoing cancer treatment in the United Kingdom,  a powerful Hausa-Fulani  cabal, headed by Mamman Daura, a long-time confidant of President Buhari, has taken over Aso Rock. Consequently, Aisha Buhari, the official wife of Buhari  has been knocked out of key decisions.

The Signal gathered from well- informed sources who did not want to be named, that the Mamman Daura-led cabal has assumed the role of a “presidential think thank” on very key decisions of governance, including matters relating to  Buhari’s health and personal well being.

Buhari and Daura are said to be related by blood. Buhari is Daura’s uncle although Daura is two and half years older than him. The nephew-uncle relationship is described as extremely close and date back to childhood years. 

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The development, the source disclosed to Signal on Friday, has pushed Aisha Buhari far away from the circle of political influence which she wielded in the early weeks of Buhari’s assumption of office.

News of the new Mamman Daura cabal in Aso Rock is coming at the heels of emerging reports on Friday that Buhari has been advised by his London doctors to undergo surgery to remove what has been described as a cancerous growth.

Buhari, the report indicates, has been diagnosed with cancer and the cancer is “growing but not spreading” and doctors have recommended immediate surgery to remove the growth. “But Buhari is hesitant to undergo the treatment because he would take 6 months to recuperate, during which time, he would be away from the office”, the online newspaper quoted an unnamed presidency source as saying.

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Further checks by SIGNAL indicate that Buhari’s refusal to undergo surgery may not be unconnected to pressure from the new cabal in Aso Rock led by Daura who are advising the ailing Buhari against the move.

FILE: 'General' Muhammadu Buhari as president elect (r) Alhaji Mamman Daura (2nd r) exchange greeting with APC chairman Katsina State, Engr Mustapha Muhammad Inuwa when Katsina delegation paid a congratulatory visit on his victory held at the APC campaign office in Abuja. Saturday, April 4, 2015

“They are keeping the Buhari away from his family. The wife of the president, Aisha Buhari has been cut off. She no longer has a say or influence in most matters that directly affect the personal well being of her husband, the president. Imagine the president is proceeding on a 10-day medical leave and none of his immediate family members is going with him on the trip, not even his wife. That tells you how badly things have degenerated. It was not like this shortly after he won the election. You will remember on several occasions, there were pictures of his children accompanying him on trips abroad. Things have since changed. The Daura cabal is now in charge and there are concerns that they may have hijacked the Presidency and are holding the president hostage. The president is technically no longer in charge of himself and his government. Daura is now the one running the show”, a source who did not want to be named told Signal.

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Muhammadu Buhari leaves Abuja for London on a 10 -day medical leave to treat an ear infection as his senior aides, Garba Shehu and Abike Dabire (left) look on with worried expression. Sources say it is Ménière’s Disease.

Efforts to contact presidential spokespersons Garba Shehu and Femi Adesina to shed some light on emerging developments about the president’s health have proved abortive at the time of filing this report.

The Nigerian Presidency announced on Sunday that Buhari will be proceeding on a 10-day vacation in London beginning from Monday June 6th, 2016 to attend to his health.

A statement from the president’s spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina said Buhari will during the holiday will see an ear and throat (E.N.T) specialist following a persistent ear infection. A few days before, the presidency had claimed that the President was not sick and was fit as a fiddle.

Buhari was sighted leaving the country in company of his ADC. None of his family members was seen accompanying him on the trip.