Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said he bears no resentment towards former colleagues, friends and others who have distanced themselves from him during his current circumstances.
El-Rufai, who is also a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, made this known in a statement titled “My Relationships and the Aftermath”, which he shared on his X account on Wednesday.
The former governor said his decision to support people and causes over the years was guided by his Islamic faith, Arewa upbringing, personal values and conscience, rather than an expectation that others would repay his support.
“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,” he said.
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El-Rufai acknowledged that some of the people he had previously supported might choose to remain silent, distance themselves from him or even deny their past relationships.
“Those I have supported are free to make their own choices now that circumstances are reversed. Some may speak; others may remain silent. Others may even deny our relationship or try rewriting history,” he said.
He added that he did not intend to judge anyone simply because their response differed from what he or others might have expected.
“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,” he said.
Reflecting on his experiences in recent months, El-Rufai said the situation had made him reconsider some of his relationships.
“Adversity has a way of illuminating relationships,” he said, adding that the experience could make him “reconsider the nature of certain relationships and what those that look up to me expect of them.”
He, however, stressed that such reflection should not be interpreted as an attack on those involved.
“That is neither reproach nor condemnation; it is simply part of seeing people, and life, more clearly,” he said.
El-Rufai also said he had no regrets about standing by people or causes whenever he believed doing so was right.
“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,” he said.
On perceived injustice, ingratitude or injury against him, the former governor said he would not seek revenge.
“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,” he said.
El-Rufai concluded by saying that his priority was to remain at peace with himself and with Almighty Allah.
“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,” he said.