Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has been criticized for his comment on social media regarding President Bola Tinubu's alleged tribalism in appointments.
President Bola Tinubu 's Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has accused former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai , of taking a cheap shot against the president. Onanuga was reacting to El-Rufai 's 'two wrongs do not make a right' remark on X. The former Kaduna State governor's comment followed an article by columnist Farooq Kperogi where he accused Tinubu of recruiting his tribesmen into Nigeria n National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL.
In an article titled 'Tinubu’s Buharisation of the NNPC,' Kperogi claimed that Tinubu's relentless Yorubacentric takeover of the NNPCL was not unlike what northerners did during President Muhammadu Buhari's administration. Reacting to Kperogi's claims, El-Rufai posted on X: 'DECEMBER MESSAGE: Two wrongs do not make a right. Sensible inclusion always trumps arrogant exclusion.' Irked by El-Rufai's comment, former Kaduna Central senator Shehu Sani berated the ex-governor over his silence while Buhari appointed his kinsmen into political offices. 'There were people who were silent when Buhari was fielding political offices with his kinsmen and have now found their voice to speak out when the equation doesn’t favour them. 'Let’s not make reference to the nepotism that marginalised Southern Kaduna for eight years. Kaduna was an apartheid state for eight years,' Sani posted on X. Responding, Onanuga posted on X: 'Senator Shehu Sani responds to El-Rufai’s cheap shot against President Tinubu.
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