Bello El-Rufai, son of former governor of Kaduna State Nasir El-Rufai, has revealed the message he got from someone when his sister died in 2011.
Bello stated this in an interview hosted by Yaya Abba which the media got hold of on Tuesday.
“My first baptism of public service was when my sister died in 2011 in London. Somebody sent me a comment when someone said ‘he hopes she burns in hell twice,” he said.
El-Rufai’s eldest daughter Yasmine was found dead in her London apartment on November 26, 2011.
It was gathered that she might have suffered a neurological attack while leaving her bathroom and was unable to reach life-saving medicine on time.
Bello also said his father never campaigned for him when he was contesting for Kaduna North Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives.
The federal lawmaker, who worked with his father’s successor Governor Uba Sani while the latter was senator, described Sani as his mentor.
“I think working with Senator Uba Sani taught me the politics that fits this country,” he said.
“He’s still my mentor, we talk every day. After he (Sani) emerged as the APC candidate to replace my father, he told my father he wanted me to run for the Reps,” Bello said, adding that El-Rufai “never campaigned for me”.
“But Senator Uba Sani was adamant that I had learnt a few things while working in the ninth Senate as a senior legislative aide. That was the step towards me running,” he noted.
