Hadiza, the wife of Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, has criticized her son, Basir, for his comments about President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
The two members of el-Rufai’s family exchanged words on X on Tuesday after Bashir claimed that “a mental illness” was “permeating” Tinubu’s media team, following the presidency’s recent attack on former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
On Sunday, Obasanjo referred to the 2023 elections as a “travesty” and suggested that Nigeria should appoint new, credible leaders for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with short tenures to prevent corruption and restore trust in the institution.
The presidency took offense at Obasanjo’s comments and questioned his moral authority to make such a statement.
Bayo Onanuga, spokesperson for President Bola Tinubu, responded by stating that Obasanjo had overseen the most fraudulent election in Nigeria’s history and that subsequent administrations had been grappling with the “poor choices in economic management made” during his tenure.
In his post, Bashir criticized Tinubu’s media team as “ineffectual clowns” for attacking Obasanjo while “inflation is at 33 percent.”
The post sparked several reactions, including one from Hadiza. The former first lady of Kaduna questioned Bashir, asking if he would “be saying this if your father were part of this government?”
Bashir responded, stating that his father “would have resigned by now due to the failure of the administration.” He added that El-Rufai would have “dissociated” himself from the government.
