{"id":194967,"date":"2026-02-14T23:46:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bashir-el-rufai-says-his-father-did-not-tap-anyones-phone"},"modified":"2026-02-15T01:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T00:02:59","slug":"bashir-el-rufai-says-his-father-did-not-tap-anyones-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bashir-el-rufai-says-his-father-did-not-tap-anyones-phone","title":{"rendered":"Bashir El-Rufai says his father did not tap anyone\u2019s phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Bashir El-Rufai has clarified that his father, Nasir El-Rufa\u2019i, has never admitted to tapping anyone\u2019s phone.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, his father only stated that another person carried out the phone tapping and later passed the information to him without being asked.<\/p>\n<p>He also appealed to the public not to misrepresent the issue in a way that could cause trouble for his father, urging people to stop attempting to implicate him.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote on X: \u201cHe did not say HE tapped anybody\u2019s phone. He alleged someone else did and unsolicitedly shared the information to him. No dey try help dem put my Papa for prison, abeg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His clarification comes after calls by Bayo Onanuga, the president\u2019s aide on Information and Strategy, for an investigation into El-Rufa\u2019i, citing the gravity of the former governor\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufa\u2019i had previously stated on live television that he had information about a conversation on the NSA, Nuhu Ribadu\u2019s phone.<\/p>\n<p>His son, however, denied that his father had initiated the phone tapping.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Bashir El-Rufai has clarified that his father, Nasir El-Rufa\u2019i, has never admitted to tapping anyone\u2019s phone. 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