You’ll Call Bola Tinubu A Tyrant When You’re Picked Up’ – Presidency Fires Back At Nasir El-Rufai

The Presidency has strongly criticised former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over remarks he made during a recent national television interview. According to Ireporter Online, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, stated that El-Rufai acknowledged that someone had tapped the National Security Adviser’s (NSA) phone, allowing him to listen to private conversations.

Ajayi noted that during the interview on ARISE Television, El-Rufai admitted that the action was illegal. He warned that if security authorities were to detain El-Rufai to reveal the individual responsible for the phone tapping, the former governor would accuse President Bola Tinubu of tyranny and persecution. “El-Rufai admitted on national television that someone tapped the phone of the NSA for him to listen to his conversation. When the interviewer highlighted the illegality of the act, he agreed. By the time he is picked up to produce the person responsible, he would claim President Tinubu is a ‘tyrant’ and persecuting him,” Ajayi said.

In a separate development, former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain, Atiku Abubakar, confirmed that El-Rufai remained composed following a failed attempt by security operatives to arrest him at the airport on Thursday. Speaking via his Facebook account on Friday, Atiku revealed that he visited El-Rufai, who appeared unfazed by the incident and remains committed to promoting the ideals of national development and a better Nigeria.