I used to call Oby Ezekwesili “Aunty”, but I won’t do that anymore – Bello El-Rufai

During an online joke in 2023, Bello El-rufai, the son of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-rufai, expressed sorrow about his approach to former Minister of Education Oby Ezekwesili.

In an interview with Seun Okinbaloye for the Mic On podcast, Bello said that because of his family relationship with Oby, he sees her as an aunt and waits for her to get in touch with him following the dispute.

She only punished the other social media user who had criticised her father despite the fact that he and her son attended the same high school. He said that he had expected her to be a better person because of their close relationship.

“Oby Ezekwesili, I used to call her aunty; I won’t anymore because what she did was wrong. I simply regret the approach. As a mother, she should have done better. And the history we have with her and her mother, who was like a grandmother to us. The scenario I regret was what led to it. Someone saw a picture of my father and Sanusi Lamido’s daughter and called him a Hausa paedophile. And I replied to the person that his mother is an ‘ashawo’.”

“When Oby came, instead of her calling me as she would call when she wants to talk to my father, but because she wanted that validation, she wanted to seem like she was disciplining people online; perhaps I should have done better. But I have also been waiting for her.”

“I went to Georgetown. Oby wrote my recommendation to Georgetown. That’s how close we were. Her son and I went to the same high school. So, if an incident like that happens and you’re a mother and a brilliant public servant but fail to reprimand someone else because you’re from the same place,” he said.

Bello claimed to have changed, but he would still address his critics if they reached out to him.

“If I insult any human being and I go home and I calm down, I regret that scenario. I will get better with time, Inshallah. I’m 36; I can still be a hothead. Maybe because of who I am, I don’t have a problem, I’m privileged, I must be perfect, that’s their problem, I’m not, but I know I will get better with time.”

“I am no longer that person on Twitter. I don’t even have the time anymore, but once in a while, if somebody falls on my radar and I think they can drag or disrespect me, whether online or offline, they should bring it; I’m ready to drag; I’m an El-Rufai.”

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