The vitriolic remark Bashir, son of ex-governor, Nasir El-Rufai, made against his father’s successor, Uba Sani, has drawn the reaction of his sibling, Bello El-Rufai.
The latter is currently a lawmaker representing Kaduna North in the House of Representatives.
Bashir had fired Uba, imputing incompetence, sloppiness and financial impropriety bordering on alleged-impromper FOREX deal to the incumbent.
The ex-governor’s son’s vituperation followed Uba’s claim that his administration is incapacitated by huge debts it inherited from the immediate past government of the Senior El-Rufai.
Reacting to the seeming face-off, Bello distanced himself from the insult his sibling meted out to the governor.
This, he did in a series of tweets that are as follows: “It’s a known thing in politics that some people won’t rest unless there are fights between one another. I am in the middle, and I could even be meeting with the governor tonight in thirty minutes.
“Two weeks ago, I had to call my brother and tell him to drop a tweet. I did that today, but he refused. He is over 30 years old. People should stop confusing our handles.
“I am loyal to Governor Uba Sanni, and I will not criticize him publicly. No one will make me do that. He mentored me, gave me my first government job, and believed in my election. This too shall pass. The rural development being done in Kaduna State is impressive.
“Nigeria, as a whole, not just Kaduna, is facing financial constraints. As leaders, we are all elected to do what we can with what we have and improve it. I honestly do not see what the fuss is about.”
He added: “The governor is the leader of the state, and for the sake of transparency, even though Mallam as the outgoing governor put it in his outgoing speech how much money he is leaving in the state, it is within the governor’s—let me take that back—it is the duty, of course, for the sake of transparency, to let the citizens of the state know the financial condition.
“And now, let me clarify, social media attacks will never shake my boss, Governor Uba Sani. So, a few attacks from people for obvious reasons coming at him is not the reason he did what he did.”
Per Wikipedia, El-Rufai has eight children from three wives.
