Following reports that he got into a physical altercation with his deputy, the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai said on Wednesday, that he has never slapped anyone in his life.
El-Rufai said Barnabas Bala had been his friend since 1976 and they didn’t exchange slaps as reported by several media platforms last weekend.
In an interactive session with journalists, El-Rufai said he has never had an argument with his deputy governor.
The governor added that if indeed, there was an altercation between them, there would have been video or photo evidence of the fight by some executive members of the State councils, “because nobody is prevented from entering the meeting with his or her phone”.
“I have known Bala Bantex since 1976, I never had an argument with him, I respect his opinions, and each time I travelled out of the country, I make him an Acting governor, he signs documents on my behalf.”
“We chair executive council meetings together, we operate like partners, and now people want to create enmity between us. I am of age, I can’t descend so low. This rumour is completely false, it is created to cause division.”
“We never discussed retrenchment of workers in the state as claimed by the rumour mongers. I have never slapped anyone in my life. I have never argued with Bala, I don’t slap people, I fight people with mouth.”
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