Following media reports alleging that Governor El-Rufai slapped his deputy, Barnabas Bala, and that the Deputy quickly retaliated, Governor El-Rufai has debunked the rumours as untrue.
The governor said he and Bala have been friends since their days in
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. That their friendship actually started in 1976 and that they have never had reasons to hit each other.
El-Rufai dismissed the report, calling it a rumour, He also said those who fabricated the story were not intelligent enough.
He said “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.”
El-Rufai also said “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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