Gov El-rufai Caught Using Twitter Despite Ban In Nigeria

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-rufai made a controversial return to Twitter on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, despite the ban by the Nigerian government.

El-rufai, who is currently not in the country responded to a tweet by a user commending him for his good works while he was the FCT minister.

This, however, did not go down well with many Nigerians who queried him for using Twitter despite the ban.

Twitter user Taiwo Ajakaye (@dmightyangel) had shared the following: “I really wish we will get more @elrufai in politics.

“The man left FCT and till date, the Federal Capital Territory has not been able to have another FCT minister that’s close to the shoe latchet of Elrufai in terms of courage, administration, performance & focus. 14 years ago o.”

Quoting the tweet above, Governor El-Rufai replied: “This is an exaggerated compliment @dmightyangel but thank you for some of the words of encouragement. God Bless our nation. – @elrufai.”

Then, Maximus Dex (@dexxybaba) wrote “VPN? YES?”,  at El-Rufai which the Kaduna Governor replied with: “VPN? Nope……outside Nigeria for a couple of days, so can tweet for the time being….@dexxybaba.”

Activist Rinu Oduala replied El-Rufai sarcastically with a quote that reads: “The only place you get freedom of speech is outside Nigeria.”

El-rufai disagreed with Rinu, clarifying that the ban of Twitter does not equate lack of freedom of speech.

The governor noted that freedom of speech still exists in Nigeria despite the Twitter ban.

“Wrong @SavvyRinu! Conflating Twitter with “freedom of speech” is a significant exaggeration. Freedoms of many descriptions existed before and without Twitter, and will remain long after!! Enjoy your day.”

Recall that government officials and governors of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration stopped tweeting after the ban on the microblogging app due to some of the activities carried out on the platform.

Many Nigerians since then have resulted to using VPN to use Twitter.

Meanwhile, President Buhari had during his 61st Independence day speech announced that he had directed a conditional lifting of the ban placed on Twitter when the conditions by the presidential committee are met.