Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has addressed the silence of some of his friends, colleagues and family members after his detention. He recently had his say via a press statement, and Nigerians have been reacting.
Disclosing that he bears no resentment towards those who have chosen not to stand by him, El-Rufai stated that those he had supported are free to decide how to respond to his current circumstances.
Nasir added that he doesn’t regret how he supported people or causes in the past because it was the right thing to do.
His words, “Over the years, I have stood by people and for causes I believed in, sometimes in difficult circumstances and at considerable personal cost.
I did so not in expectation of praise, gratitude or reciprocity, but because I believed it was right.
Some may speak; others may remain silent. Others may even deny our relationship or try rewriting history.
Their reasons are their own, and I do not wish to judge them merely because their response differs from what others—or even I—might have expected.
Adversity has a way of illuminating relationships. What I have learnt during the period could cause me to reconsider the nature of certain relationships.
That is neither reproach nor condemnation; it is simply part of seeing people, and life, more clearly.
I have no regrets about standing by people or for causes when I believed it was right to do so, and I bear no resentment towards anyone who chooses not to do the same for me.
As for any injustice, ingratitude or injury done to me, I seek neither revenge nor retribution.
Ultimate accountability belongs to Almighty Allah, and I leave that judgment to Him, in this world and in the Hereafter.
In the end, each of us must live with the choices we make, and posterity will render whatever verdict it sees fit.
My only concern is to remain at peace with my conscience and, above all, with Almighty Allah.”
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