Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai visited President Buhari Friday at the Aso Rock presidential villa, finally putting to rest rumours of his death.
Speaking with state house correspondents after the meeting Elrufai said he came to see Mr. President after his re-election as governor because immediately after the election he took a break. “I came back to report to him that I was not involved in an accident, I’m alive, I am not in coma and also to discuss other issues related to my state.” He said.
On his rumoured accident and death, he
advised Nigerians to avoid forwarding stories that have not been verified. “Social media provides platform for disseminating information but it is also a platform for dissemination of lies and hatred. We should be very careful that we don’t use this platform to advance the cause of the enemies of this country.
“I was never involved in any accident, I was not near any accident, in fact at a time I was supposed to be involved in an accident, I was in an aircraft going to another country. But somebody sat and concocted this story and we are trying to trace who started it. because, criminal proceedings can be initiated against the person. Sometimes it is very difficult to know who started it but we are on it. My advise is that we should rely on reliable news medium, not just any platform or any blog. Unless we hear something from a very reliable news medium, we should be reluctant to begin sharing it as if it is true.
