Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- Bashir El-Rufai, son of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, has sparked outrage after threatening to kill a user on X (formerly Twitter) who insulted his mother, Hadiza Isma El-Rufai.

The incident began after Mrs. El-Rufai commented on a travel ban imposed by former U.S. President Donald Trump on four African countries, including Nigeria. In her post, she stated, "A great percentage of these Nigerian Americans making us proud abroad are Igbos. There's always two sides to every story."

Her tweet received mixed reactions, prompting her to issue another statement:

"No cyberbully can take away my right to express my opinion. Not everything is about politics, but that is something some of you will never understan...