El-Rufai In trouble over Jesus Christ, Mary comment

Former FCT minister, Mallam Nasir El-
Rufai has come under heavy
attack on social media for his tweet on
Sunday in his attempt to
defend the former Education minister,
Mrs Oby Ezekwesili and to
deride the Goodluck Jonathan’s
administration.
The ex-minister, in his tweet posted on
January 27, 2013, made a
joke about Jesus and Mary Magdalene in
a sarcasm aimed at
Information minister, Labaran Maku, Dr
Doyin Okupe and Dr Ruben
Abati.
His controversial tweet reads: “If Jesus
criticizes Jonathan’s govt,
Maku/Abati/Okupe will say he slept with
MaryMadgalene.”
Meanwhile, Christians and other
Nigerians have been attacking the
ex-minister describing the comments as
offensive and attack on
Christians.
“@Easyaffection: @elrufai Sir with all
due respect. I get u point in dis
joke. But why Jesus? It’s not
funny.”….ask @zebbook….
One Dr Thomas Agande in a statement on
Sunday titled “ El Rufai
Defiles Jesus Christ on Twitter said He
went overboard when, on his
Twitter page, today January 27, 2013, said
our Lord Jesus Christ
had sex with Mary Magdalene. We see
this as a very insensitive,
irresponsible, and a offensive thing to
say about Christ, and an
attack on the sensibilities of Christians
globally.
El-Rufai betrayed his lack of respect for
our Lord Jesus Christ and
obvious hatred for Christians. How else
can one explain his
effrontery and buffoonery when he
seemingly jokingly twitted that
Christ had sex with Mary Magdalene.
El-Rufai who aspires rule a multi
religious nation, should have been
circumspect in his use of words when
referring to the sacred.
It is on record that less offensive things
have been said about the
Prophet Mohammed which led to loss of
Christian lives.”
‘it is insensitive and an attack on
christians collective sensibilities
wrote zeebook.
Jane austin wrote “ This is so
irresponsible and insensitive . If
Christians should make such reference to
Prophet Mohammed we
would be counting dead bodies in the
north. We Christians are
peace loving and will definitely ignore
him but he must be told he is
an IDIOT for saying such”
Dr Agande added “The former minister
has just told Nigerians that
he lacks the decency to rule a multi
religious nation, if he should
display such disrespect for the sacred
and thinks it is funny. His
Tweet shows he is not a decent man. He
has disregarded the
collective sensibilities of Christians all
over the world by this very
offensive reference to our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
Source: AfricanExaminer