Most dignitaries invited to the marriage of Hanan, one among the daughters of President Muhammadu Buhari, and her husband-to-be, Mohammed Turad, son of an ex-lawmaker from Kaduna State, might not attend the event over fear of COVID-19, Presidency sources have told NaijaGistReporters.
The marriage is billed to require place on September 4, 2020 and being the first-ever wedding to require place inside Aso Rock Villa, expectations are high.
In preparation for the grand ceremony, First Lady, Aisha Buhari, had sneaked out of Nigeria in August to the United Arab Emirates under the guise of a medical emergency to buy for Hanan’s nuptials, which has been dubbed 'The First wedding'.
NaijaGistReporters gathered that the declination of invitation to the event by top guests won't be unconnected with the web newspaper’s story revealing the COVID-19 status of President Buhari’s closest aide and Senior Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs, Sarki Abba, on Tuesday.
“Abba tested positive for COVID-19 fortnight ago but his current status as we speak is unknown, whether he has tested negative or not.
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"All i do know is that there’s conspiracy of silence with regards to his status,” a source
Abba, who has since resumed duties after recovering from the virus, is taken into account still unsafe to mingle with others inside the Presidential Villa by some persons including the primary Lady.
It was gathered that Aisha has vowed to not allow Abba attend the marriage ceremony as a results of this example .
Aisha is additionally against the thought of Mamman Daura, a nephew and shut confidant of Buhari, attending the event but the President has reportedly insisted on having him be a neighborhood of the occasion.
It is, however, not known if Daura is in Nigeria at this point or not after being flown during a private jet to the uk after exhibiting respiratory difficulties with symptoms almost like Coronavirus in August.
“Aisha Buhari is insisting she must not see Sarki Abba and Mamman Daura at the marriage of her daughter. Though Daura is presently out of the country but incase he comes back to Nigeria before the event, the President said he should be allowed to
“Though Abba has recovered, he resumed yesterday after fortnight in isolation. I still don’t know why the primary Lady doesn’t want to ascertain him at the event. The press statement by the Presidency denying that Abba never tested positive was planned to douse tension.
“Apart from the primary Lady, most of the guests invited are afraid. you recognize most of the President’s friends are those above 60 years and that they are susceptible to the virus,” a source said.
The current situation, NaijaGistRepoters reliably gathered has sent panic across top circles of Nigeria's elites getting to attend the ceremony inside Aso Rock Villa on Friday.
It was further gathered that invitation to the ceremony is being streamlined and as a result the groom's family have made separate arrangements to host guests on Saturday.
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The bride-to-be, Hanan, may be a graduate of Photography from Ravensbourne University in England, who in July 2019 ordered the Department of State Services to arrest a young businessman based in Delta State, Athony Okolie, after he was issued a mobile number by telecommunications company MTN previously used and abandoned by
Okolie spent 10 weeks in unlawful detention before he was finally released by the key police.
Earlier in January, Hanan was again within the news after she attended an occasion to photograph a Durbar by Rilwanu Adamu, Emir of Bauchi, in one among the jets within the presidential fleet.
The move was condemned by Nigerians but the Presidency defended the action by saying that it had been a traditional procedure.
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