As Lagos State commissioner of police, speaking of a newspaper report on an incident in 1991 where two students had been killed in a clash with police, Daura said "We are not going to let the press disturb us on what we are doing".[2]
In October 2000, a businessman took Daura to court for alleged threats and intimidation.[3] In May 2002 the court ordered Daura to release the businessman's detained Mercedes Benz car.[4]
In 2003 he was a member of the Police Service Commission.[5] He was later appointed to the Katsina State consultant committee on employment generation.[6]
^Ayo Olukotun (2004). Repressive state and resurgent media under Nigeria's military dictatorship, 1988-98. Nordic Africa Institute. p. 47. ISBN91-7106-524-5.