Bashir El-Rufai calls Tinubu drug lord, says it’ll be too grave to arrest his father
The former Kaduna State governor Mr. Nasir El-Rufai and his son, Bashir El-Rufai have continued to drag President Bola Tinubu after their relationship went South.
Bashir El-Rufai in a recent twit called Bola Tinubu ‘Pablo Escobar’, a reference to the President over his narcotics dealing case in the United States.
He warned that President Tinubu could be making his biggest mistake if the Nigerian government arrests his father.
Recall that on Tuesday, Mr El-Rufai, who has been having a cold war with Mr Tinubu since he was nominated for ministerial appointment but was blocked by the Senate, alleged that National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu was plotting to arrest him.
“I have been hearing these same rumours of arrest, detention and torture in some dungeon in the NSA’s office (where Emefiele was allegedly tortured to resign as CBN governor) since July 2024 when the so-called report of the Kaduna Assembly began circulating,” Mr El-Rufai said on X.
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“Na the biggest mistake Pablo Escobar & his henchmen will make,” the former governor’s son responded shortly after his father’s claim.
Though, Bashir El-Rufai did not mention the president’s name in his X post, but several X users interpreted it as a subtle jab at Mr Tinubu, who once forfeited $460,000 to the U.S. government in a cocaine-related racket in the 1990s.
Pablo Escobar, a notorious Colombian drug lord, became a common mention in the Nigerian political sphere since Mr Tinubu emerged as president in 2023 despite his link to a cocaine pushing scandal.
