Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai surfaced on
the microblogging platform, Twitter, on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, despite
the ban placed on the app by the Federal Government and Nigerians are not
having it.
The Governor whose last tweet was on June 6, a day after the
Nigerian government suspended the activities of Twitter, caught the attention
of Nigerians when he replied to a fan praising him for his works as the former
minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
Taiwo Ajakaye with the handle, @dmightyangel tweeted, “I
really wish we will get more @elrufai in politics. The man left FCT and till
date, the Federal Capital Territory has not been able to have another FCT
minister that is close to the shoe latchet of El-Rufai in terms of courage,
administration, performance & focus, 14 years ago o.”
Responding to the tweet, the Governor wrote, “This is an
exaggerated compliment @dmightyangel but thank you for some of the words of
encouragement. God Bless our nation. – @elrufai”
In the comment section, @dexybaba asked the governor if he
was using a Virtual Private Network, and he replied that he was out of the
country, and “can tweet for the time being.”
Also, #EndSARS campaigner, and human rights activist, Rinu
Oduala was quick to point out to the governor that “The only place you get the
freedom of speech is outside Nigeria,” in the comment section.
Another Twitter user, @ogbuebunu, quoting her tweet, also
said, “shamelessness without a pair. Tweeting under the pretence of being
outside the country shows moral bankruptcy. One would expect he would stand on
a high ground since it was his party that banned Twitter. Well, he is still a
Nigerian politician. Zero integrity.”
In response, Governor El-Rufai maintained that Rinu was
wrong as “conflating Twitter with ‘freedom of speech’ is a significant
exaggeration.”
“Freedoms of many descriptions existed before and without
Twitter, and will remain long after!! Enjoy your day,” he said.
Human Rights activist, Aisha Yesufu also called out the
Governor for the hypocrisy of using the platform outside the country, while the
regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), an All
Progressive Congress member like himself, had banned the use of Twitter in
Nigeria.
“You really should be absolutely and disgustingly ashamed of
yourself @elrufai,” she wrote. “You are going outside to enjoy the very basic
thing a government you are part of have denied the people. While enjoying
Twitter without VPN, you also enjoy the security you have denied your people.”
The Governor has not been exactly compliant with the ban
from the past, even while he seemed to show support for the directive.
After his June 6 tweet, an ex-presidential aide of former
President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, called on the Attorney-General of the
Federation, Abubakar Malami, to prosecute El-Rufai for flouting the Twitter
ban.
“Dear @MalamiSAN, @elrufai tweeted this 20 minutes ago in
violation of your #TwitterBan. If you do not start your arrest and prosecution
with him, then you must admit that you are a failure and a man who does not
keep to his word,” he tweeted.
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