El-Rufai responds to critics, “I don’t give a damn”

Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, responded to critics of him on social media by claiming that their insults and abuses lack basis.

The former governor said that he did not “give a damn” about people misinterpreting his postings and that his detractors were biased and ignorant.

El-Rufai revealed this on Saturday in a post on his verified X.com account.

Feel free to reimterpret, misinterpret, or otherwise interpret any of my or anybody else’s posts. To be honest, I don’t give a damn,” he wrote. Abuse and baseless insults. Feel free to express your ignorance and hate in your judgment.

Nothing will change. In the name of Allah, what will be will be. The former governor received a flurry of criticism from online users over a tweet he published last Saturday speaking against envy and hatred among Nigerians.

He used the emergence of the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, as the presidential candidate of the Democrats as a case study.

“The emerging problem of Nigeria is the outcome of the continuously deteriorating competence, capacity and commitment of the political leadership,” El-Rufai posted. “Societies succeed or fail depending on these personal and institutional qualities,”

“No matter what, the incurable virus of envy has to be confronted and degraded, if not cured, if Nigeria is to achieve its manifest destiny of greatness and leadership of the Black Race. I pray this can be realised.”

Reacting to the post, Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke’s aide, Banks Omishore berated the ex-governor that he did not have a moral compass to discourage envy and hate because he displayed such against former Senate President Bukola Saraki.

El-Rufai has been battling political deficiencies since he left office as the Senate refused to confirm his nomination as a ministerial nominee in August 2023.

In March 2024, El-Rufai’s successor, Governor Uba Sani said he inherited a huge debt burden of $587 million, N85 billion, and 115 contractual liabilities from him.

The Kaduna State House of Assembly, also alleged in July 2024, that the ex-governor diverted public funds to the tune of N423 billion while piloting the affairs of the state.

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