As the storm generated by comments made by Bashir El-Rufai regarding insecurity in Southern Kaduna continues to rage, online tweeps have unearthed past posts on X (formerly Twitter) made by the son of the former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai weighing in on the disappearance of Idris Abubakar popularly known as Dadiyata in 2019.
On 2nd August 2019, unidentified men abducted Dadiyata at the entrance of his home in the Barnawa neighbourhood of Kaduna metropolis and since then his whereabouts has not been established. Dadiyata was a vocal critic of the government.
Following his abduction and disappearance, an online campaign started with the hashtag #WhereisDadayita, demanding answers about the whereabouts of Dadiyata from Kaduna State government. In response to this campaign, Bashir El-Rufai on December 23, 2019 posted:
The same clowns who encouraged him when he was creating false stories and capitalising on lies that could endanger lives solely for political ends and are the same individual trending hashtags asking #WhereisDadiyataDangerous lies in the public space have consequences.
On 11th March, 2020, Bashir in likely reference to the Dadiyata saga also posted, “the things that we’ve done to protect the name are unsettling. But no regrets, though, the name’ll echo. Years later, none greater. Death to a coward and a traitor, that’s just in my nature!”
Both tweets have now been deleted from Bashir El-Rufai’s X timeline.
The controversial son of the former Kaduna State Governor, who recently left the All Progressives Congress for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has also deleted the controversial remarks he made about insecurity in Southern Kaduna and tendered an apology.
“My tweet about Southern Kaduna residents & persecuted Fulani herdsmen was in bad taste & also badly written in an attempt to make a point in the heat of the moment. I apologize for that to those that know me, and are aware that I don’t harbor such sentiments”, Bashir wrote on X yesterday (Wednesday).
Bashir El-Rufai is known for his fiery and combative exchanges online especially against perceived enemies or political opponents of his father Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.
