Deputy Editor of Brittle Paper, Otosirieze Obi-Young, was recently sacked over an article he wrote addressing Hadiza Elrufai's reaction when her son threatened to "pass" someone's mother around to his friends.
On Sunday, April 12, Bello El-Rufai, in a series of tweets, had threatened to "pass" the mother of another Twitter user to his friends after describing the woman as a "whore."
Bello wrote in a private message to the follower after they argued about politics: "Tell your mother I’m passing her to my friends toni
"No Igbo sounds please!" Bello El-Rufai added an ethnic attack, having thought the Twitter user was Igbo'
Twitter users were incensed by this and they tagged Bello's mother, Hadiza El-Rufai to tweets about her son's threat to gang rape someone's mother.
Hadiza El-Rufai responded: "All you people talking about @B_ELRUFAI Don’t @ me. Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
"All is fair in love and war. My belief: Respect everyone, but take no shit from anyone. I didn't see any threats of rape. I would never condone that."
Her response attracted criticisms from Nigerians who accused her of supporting her son's rape threats.
She later issued an apology, stating: "When I posted the tweet below, I assumed it was just the usual Twitter gbas-gbos. Having read the tweets chronologically, I have had conversations with Bello. Never ever should sexual abuse be employed as ammunition in public/private exchanges, no matter the provocation."
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