The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has faulted a report that claimed he said President Muhammadu Buhari was incompetent and lacked mental capacity to rule Nigeria.
The governor’s reaction came in Saturday statement signed by Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan.
An online news platform (not The Herald) had quoted El-Rufai as saying this Friday.
In his reaction, the Kaduna governor described the comments attributed to him as “fake”.
He added that the aim of its purveyors was to heat up the polity.
“A mischievous online report is circulating fake comments on President Muhammad Buhari which they falsely attribute to Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
“The intention of the forces behind the fake and mischievous news, for reasons best known to them, is to create tension and confusion in the nation’s polity.
“The entire content is fabricated, and they are trying to pass off as a popular online newspaper to spread their mischief.
“The Kaduna State Government urges the general public to disregard that publication and treat it as the vile lie that it is,” El-Rufai said.
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