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| The infamous tweet |
Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has
apologised for the 'Jesus joke' he retweeted on Twitter.
Ogunyemi Bukola, with the handle @zebbook, had
tweeted: "If Jesus criticized Jonathan’s govt, Maku/Abati/Okupe will say
he slept with Mary Magdalene". After this, El-Rufai copied the tweet and
added the letters "LWKMD" which means "Laugh Wan Kill Me
Die" [Laughter will kill me].
Professor Pat Utomi, a respected voice, immediately
went on Facebook to show his displeasure.
I'm at a loss for words! We should draw the line
somewhere? The most Sacred of names must never be desecrated an the altar of
politics. PU," he wrote.
El-Rufai has now decided to publish a full
statement on his Facebook page, apologising for the joke.
The full statement reads:
"Hello Friends. I have been travelling and try
to catch some sleep in between the last 24 hours and missed all the furore arising
from my retweet of Ogunyemi Bukola’s (@zeebook) joke Maku eat al and Jesus. I
must say I am taken aback by the extent of desperate misrepresentation of what
was an innocuous attempt to show the godlessness of the Jonathanians to
denigrate anyone that dares to ask them to be accountable.
"To those who were genuinely offended by the
retweet, I apologize. I did not meant to offend anyone, neither did the
@zeebook I know and featured as one of the Young Voices in my Friday Column.
Jesus or Isa Alaihis Salaam is a respected prophet of Islam. Every Muslim
accepts this in addition to his miraculous virgin birth. It is therefore absurd
for any Muslim believer to disrespect Jesus Christ.
"I hope those in this class will see my point
of view and accept my apologies for any offense or disappointment caused. And I
advise everyone… to read @zeebook’s timeline and mine to read EXACTLY what was
tweeted rather than the second-hand reports of certain people who ALWAYS twist
whatever I write or not write to achieve their morally-repugnant objectives.
"To those in that class of liar – the
political contractors who tried to attribute the entire statement to me to
destroy perceived political capital, I say keep on doing that till the day your
cups will be full. Everything these days is reduced to posturing for 2015,but
those doing it do not even know which one of us will be alive to witness the
events of that time. I leave all those to God and their conscience.
"To the Warriors of God, who misinterpret the
Scriptures (both Bilble and Qur’an) and pretend to be capable of fighting His
battles, please learn from history. The multiple Crusades and Jihads are yet to
convert the entire human race into one religion. If God wished us all to be of
one religion, He would have made us so. So please leave God’s work to Him, and
just be good to other humans.
"I thank all my friends who stood up for me in
this saga. They know me better than what the desperate Jonathanians want to
paint as El-Rufai. And those that wish to know me a little better should please
read my forthcoming book. Thanks and God Bless."
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