{"id":60851,"date":"2025-02-08T20:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T20:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=60851"},"modified":"2025-02-08T20:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T20:08:14","slug":"rift-between-my-father-gov-sani-makes-me-sad-bello-el-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/02\/08\/rift-between-my-father-gov-sani-makes-me-sad-bello-el-rufai\/","title":{"rendered":"Rift Between My Father, Gov Sani Makes Me Sad \u2013Bello El-Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alexis Uchendu\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Muhammad Bello El-Rufai, member representing Kaduna North in the House of Representatives, has expressed sadness over the rift between his father, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, and the incumbent Governor Uba Sani.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, Bello revealed that while both men have played significant roles in his life, his father as a mentor and Sani as his political leader, resolving their differences is beyond his responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>He lamented that some individuals seem to take pleasure in the ongoing dispute, likening it to scenes from Bollywood movies.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his deep respect for both figures, he maintained that his primary focus remains on delivering quality representation to his constituents.<\/p>\n<p>Bello also acknowledged the unpredictability of human relationships, emphasizing the importance of reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>However, he admitted uncertainty about the true nature of the alleged feud, stating that neither party had discussed it with him directly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is painful to witness this situation. Even if someone is my enemy, I do not wish to see them in conflict with another,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The discord between El-Rufai and Sani has been a subject of public speculation, but neither leader has openly addressed the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu\u00a0 Muhammad Bello El-Rufai, member representing Kaduna North in the House of Representatives, has expressed sadness over the rift between his father, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, and the incumbent Governor Uba Sani. Speaking in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, Bello revealed that while both men have played significant roles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":60852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-60851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60853,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60851\/revisions\/60853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}