Former Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has advised Daniel Bwala, whom he labelled as a “latter-day convert to the Tinubu government”, to embrace his new role rather than accuse him of criticising the government due to his failure to secure a ministerial position.
 Bwala challenged the former governor by asking, “If you were in government and part of the cabinet, would you have held and expressed the same views? History is full of such examples. You participated in the formation of this government, yet now seek to displace it. Haba Mallam, a Ji soron Allah mana.”
 In a prompt rebuttal, El-Rufai reminded Bwala that he served as a minister 22 years ago and confirmed that he never intended to join Tinubu’s cabinet, asserting that he would have expressed his dissent regardless of being part of it.
“Good morning, @BwalaDaniel. I was cabinet minster 22 years ago, and was clear to Asiwaju that I was not interested in any position in his future government. The pathetic manner all of you latter-day converts to the Tinubu government make an issue of something that I never wanted in the first place is perhaps a reflection of the level of your moral flexibility.
“If I had remained in the Tinubu government, I will say or do the same on the tragedy within a party I was a founder, and the government that emerged from it – first in private sessions with those concerned, and then go public if no remedial actions are taken. Go and check my public service record from 1998.
“I am only responding to you because I still think you are a decent person who may need a job, and not in the class of Wendell Simlin and that Kaduna pretender that our voters retired in 2019 – these clowns are political mercenaries that receive humongous monthly stipends from the security vote to be the first to jump on X and other platforms to defend everything the Asiwaju government does or fails to do, no matter how indefensible it may be.
“Enjoy your special adviser position, my brother, but remember that allegiance to God and country comes first in human scale of accountability, before any person or authority. – @elrufai”
