War erupts in El-Rufai family as Bashir tears into House of Reps brother, calls him alcoholic, drug addict
By Ishaya Ibrahim
A major family feud has erupted in the household of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai after one of his sons, Bashir El-Rufai, launched a scathing attack on his elder brother, Mohammed Bello El-Rufai, a member of the House of Representatives.
Their father has been in detention since February following at least four separate cases filed against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Department of State Services (DSS).
It is not clear what prompted Bashir, in a post on his X handle on Saturday morning, to rain insults on the lawmaker and accuse him of abusing cocaine and alcohol.
He wrote: “I have a useless excuse for a brother, with his bony-ass face coated with an unknown white substance around his nostrils every night.
“That is your member in the House, representing a whole populace, but prefers alcohol and cocaine. Yes, you.”
In another post, he said: “Wawa (fool). Telling me to kill myself—the idiot should first slaughter his daughter, then I will believe he is real and serious. Someone who had to wank to conceive children through IVF is the one sitting on a high horse. Go fix your balls. Your wives, both ex and present, were not the problem.”
He continued: “He was stuck with Uba Sani until he realised he was being dumped, then suddenly remembered family loyalty and moved to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Where was he before then?
“He is purely serving his own interests. When people like us were countering the ‘towel governor,’ the bastard was nowhere to be found—hiding, eating, and wiping his mouth. This is the same idiot who asked me to pipe down on my criticisms.”
