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VIDEO: ‘I can date his mother. Have you seen my car?’ El-Rufai’s son justifies rape comment against mother of his critic 

 

Bello El-Rufai, a House of Representatives member and eldest son of the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has justified his April 12, 2020 comment where he threatened to rape the mother of a Twitter user now  X and pass her over to his friends. 

 

The young el-Rufai had made the threat after disagreeing with @thanos_zer on President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

While featuring on a podcast hosted by Seun Okinbaloye, the young El-Rufai was reminded by the host that he threatened to rape the mother of one of his critics in the year 2020. 

The 36-Bello old Bello Elrufai, who is now the chairman, House committee on banking regulations, replied Seun. “I can ask his mother out, I can date her. He thinks he is bad. I can date his mother, and I’m sure I can. Have you seen my car?”

Bello El-Rufai’s recent comment on @themiconshow which is set to air on Saturday by 7pm, contradicts his initial apology following the outrage that followed the comment. 

He had said: “I wish to withdraw that statement and apologise to the gentleman concerned for the hurtful comment. I also apologise for appearing to attack an entire ethnic group for the misdeed of one person.”

Hadiza El-rufai had initially backed her son, but later apologised following rage from Nigerians.