El-Rufai’s Son Apologises For “Hurtful Comment” On Twitter

Bello El-Rufai, one of the sons of the governor of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai, on Friday apologised for his sexual violence threats and ethnocentric statement on social media.

Bello’s apology came five days after he engaged in a spat with a Twitter user @thanos_zer.

“A few days ago I made a comment that was wrong, unbecoming and contrary to the values on which I was raised,” Bello said in a statement posted on his Twitter handle.

“I wish to withdraw that statement and apologise for appearing to attack an entire ethnic group for the misdeed of one person, he said, adding that he “regret the sexual innuendo in the private message and apologise unreservedly for it.”

The problem started after El-Rufai criticised American president Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. He deemed Trump and incompetent.

“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,” Bello tweeted on Saturday.

@thanos_zer, replied El-Rufai’s tweet with “How about the absentee president in Nigeria?”