Buhari’s Powerful Nephew, Mamman Daura Implicated In Plagiarized Speech Scandal

Mamman Daura, a nephew to President Muhammadu Buhari, has been identified as the person behind the recent plagiarized speech of the President. Sahara Reporters claimed that sources at the Presidency in Abuja claimed that Mr. Daura had hijacked the task of providing speeches for the Nigerian president. He was also accused of often throwing away draft speeches that he did not commission. While responding to questions if Daura wrote the speech himself, the sources said; “It is possible he wrote it himself, or he went and asked somebody else to go and write it and bring,” said one source. The other stated, “I can tell you that nobody writes speech anymore for President Buhari but Mamman Daura.”The sources also revealed that Mr. Daura was behind President Buhari’s inauguration speech, which lifted a famous quote from the late French leader Charles de Gaulle. They said the president’s nephew was also solely responsible for writing or commissioning Mr. Buhari’s now infamous speech entreating Nigerians to accept the idea of “Change begins with me.” They said 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. It was discovered that Mr. Attah Esa is the only deputy director attached to the State House media office. His duties are concerned only with newspaper reviews. During Jonathan’s Presidency, Oronto Douglas, who died last year, served as the official speechwriter. Draft speeches from MDAs were submitted to him for vetting, and he consulted with the agencies throughout in order to ensure objectivity and correctness.