A source at the Presidency blamed the State Chief of Protocol (SCOP), Lawal Abdullahi Kazaure, as well as the protocol team for the near-blunder. “The president’s protocol chief, Malam Kazaure, and the protocol department again displayed great incompetence here,” a source at the Presidency fumed. “They ought to have caught the issue earlier before it cost Nigeria a huge sum of money,” he added.

According to the source, the current SCOP was ill suited for the demands of the protocol department, but he was hired at the behest of Mamman Daura, a powerful but shadowy figure who is the nephew of President Buhari.

Both Mr. Kazaure and the Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, have drawn criticism for their incompetence, with some Presidency staffers complaining that the only reasons they got their posts was their closeness to Mr. Mamman Daura. Whereas Mr. Kyari worked for Mr. Daura’s company for more than 20 years, Mr. Kazaure is married to Mr. Daura’s sister.

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“Severity of the fatality was increased due to the ejection of the minister and his son as a result of non-use of rear seat belt,” Mr. Oyeyemi said.
The corps marshal recommended, among other things, “the certification and re-certification of convoy drivers at intervals of two years of issuance of convoy driver’s licence,” he said.

Yunusa Dahiru, the 18-year old who was today arraigned in a federal court in 1 State for the abduction and rape of 14-year old Ese Oruru, has categorically declared that Ese’s mother was fully aware of the love affair and that they were sleeping together.

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, HIS EXCELLENCY, SENATOR (DR.)..

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