El-Rufai didn’t say ‘die’… only said ‘climb the Kufena Hills and jump’

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has denied making the ‘climb a mountain and die’ comments that was widely credited to him.

El Rufai says he was misquoted on the things he said during the interactive segment at a Town Hall meeting with stakeholders on Saturday.

This was disclosed in a statement released through his media assistant, Samuel Aruwan, on Tuesday.

The statement said that he did not ask anyone to die over appointments, adding that he was only emphasizing on the need for straight talk, when he stated that those averse to the truth should ‘climb the Kufena Hills and jump’.

According to the statement, the governor said everything credited to him except ‘die’.

El-Rufai said the word ‘die’ was fabricated and was not part of the comments, which were translated from Hausa.

He explained that what he said at the meeting was;

“All of us in the Kaduna State government have sworn with the Quran; Christians with the holy bible, to do justice and we will do justice. We better stand and tell ourselves the truth. Everyone knows the truth.

No matter the noise, the truth is constant. And as I stand here, no matter who you are, I will face you and tell you the truth. If you don’t want to hear the truth, you can climb Kufena Hills and jump.”

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