House of Representative member from Kaduna North, Bello
El-Rufai, has said he was naive to have criticized former President Goodluck
Jonathan.
Bello, who is son of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir
El-Rufai, said he is sorry for criticizing Jonathan’s administration.
The Kaduna lawmaker noted that he failed to realize that
Nigeria had a good governance under Jonathan due to his naivety.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday
evening, the lawmaker said he is wiser now.
Bello said his naivety came to the fore when he saw his
father preparing to visit Jonathan for political consultation.
He recalled paying his father a visit and noticed that he
was going out. He asked where he was going.
Bello said: “And he said he was going to see President
Jonathan, and I paused because when I was naive or when I thought ego or
gratification mattered, I used to be very active in criticising President
Jonathan.
“I even forgot in my naivety as many young people do, that
we had governance then and I found my father saying that he is going to consult
President Jonathan. I said, ‘please when you see him, tell him I am very sorry,
I am wiser now’.
“The system is a problem. Now, why did I mention President
Jonathan? It takes a lot, particularly in Africa, to lose an election and
leave, he did that.”
El-Rufai initially had a good relationship with Jonathan and
he even urged him to contest the 2011 presidential election.
Reports said after Namadi Sambo’s emergence as Vice
President, El-Rufai and his family members heavily criticized Jonathan’s
administration.
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