El-Rufai’s son threatens to gang rape Twitter user’s mother
Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, A former Minister of Education, has scolded Bello el-Rufai, the son of Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, for threatening to rape the mother of someone who disagreed with him on social media.
Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, advised the son of Nasir El-Rufai to apologise for his statement.
Ezekwesili, who also served in the same federal cabinet as Bello’s father during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, said this on Twitter on Sunday.
See her tweets below
@B_ELRUFAI Did I just see horrific tweets from your handle threatening gang-rape? What was that?
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 12, 2020
Why the ethnic vitriol toward Igbos? What’s that, Bello?
Too tragic.
You need to not just immediately apologize for those vile tweets but get into an Anger Management program quickly.
I have maintained that we can disagree without being disagreeable. We can object without being objectionable.
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 12, 2020
Healthy debates and divergences that arise are important for democratic development of societies.
The beef started after Bello took to Twitter to insult Donald Trump, over the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bello’s tweets, “There is nothing as radioactive as an incompetent leader during a time of crisis. The United States of America is a case in point. A few states in Nigeria too.”
However, a Twitter user named Consigliere with the handle said Bello should rather focus on Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)
He insisted that the American President was miles ahead of Buhari and even Bello’s father, el-Rufai, in terms of quality leadership.
Consigliere wrote, “He (Bello) can’t call Buhari out for his ineptitude yet he’s calling Trump names? Did he vote Trump?”
El-Rufai’s son, however, decided to rain expletives on the man who disagreed with him and also insulted his ethnicity.
He tweeted,
This was what El Rufai's son sent before blocking me.
— consigliere (@thanos_zer) April 12, 2020
I'm not even Igbo and none of what he said got to me. He can't call Buhari out for his ineptitude yet he's calling trump names?
Did he vote Trump?@ayabie_ikem @MobilePunch @Alaye_100 @HAHayatu @AishaYesufu pic.twitter.com/jLsfCsw0Cz
Bello also said that Buhari was completing the Second Niger Bridge in the South-East, a feat which former President Goodluck Jonathan could not attain despite being supported by Igbo.
He also insulted the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
The outburst sparked outrage on Twitter with Bello trending at number one.
Bello who refused to accept his mistake wrote this
Finally, no apologies until he retracts his insult. If you won’t train them, we will do it gladly if they enter our mentions. If they don’t, that’s their business. Until then, I’d recommend you all watch Black Mirror! Happy Easter once again. Peace and love!
— Bello El-Rufai (@B_ELRUFAI) April 12, 2020