Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said the difficulties of his ongoing trial have taught him hard lessons about people and may lead him to reconsider certain relationships, particularly those marked by silence from people he once supported.
In a statement posted on X, El-Rufai said the past few months had revealed the true character of some friendships, professional ties and family connections. He noted that some colleagues, friends and relatives he had publicly stood by or associated closely with had remained quiet during his current predicament.
“What I learn in difficult times like the past few months may lead me, quietly and without regret, to reconsider the nature of certain relationships and what those that look up to me expect of them,” he said.
El-Rufai stressed that any such reassessment should not be seen as condemnation or reproach. He presented it instead as a clearer understanding of people and of life. He said he had consistently supported colleagues, friends, family members and causes he believed in, guided by his faith, upbringing, personal values and conscience, often at personal cost and without expectation of praise or reciprocity.
Those he had backed, he added, were free to make their own choices now that circumstances had changed. “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,” El-Rufai said.
He said he sought neither revenge nor retribution for any perceived injustice, ingratitude or injury. “Ultimate accountability belongs to Almighty Allah, and I leave that judgment to Him, in this world and in the Hereafter.”
His focus, he said, remained on staying at peace with his conscience and his faith. “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.”
El-Rufai is standing trial over alleged money laundering and conversion of public property. He has been in the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission since February 19, after earlier being released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
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