‘I Never Said the South Should Produce 2027 President’ – El-Rufai

The former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has claimed that he has never asserted that the country’s southern area should produce the president in 2027.

El-Rufai said that the widely shared assertion was untrue in a statement he put on his former Twitter account, X, on Monday.

He made it clear that he never made such remarks in any of his speeches, talks with the media, or on his verified social media accounts.

“My attention has been drawn to a trending fake news item alleging that I specified which region of the country should produce the president in 2027,” he added.

Despite going viral, this assertion is false. In none of my speeches, interviews, or posts on social media did I make such a claim. I keep up verifiable social media accounts where I directly voice my opinions and speak my thoughts.

Even while I distribute these articles on my platforms as contributions to the national discourse, it is incorrect and improper to assign to me opinion pieces written by other authors.

“These explanations are essential as we deal with both careless politicking and the intentional abuse of social media to propagate false information.

“Treating fake news platforms with any seriousness is not justified by their deliberate attribution of claims I did not make.”

He cautioned that society loses when media leaders and influencers neglect this duty and asked the public and media professionals to always confirm information before publishing or sharing.

In order to stop the propagation of false information and irresponsible politics, the former governor further urged all parties involved to take appropriate action.

anything is now more crucial than ever to confirm facts before posting or publishing anything in this turbulent and deceptive times. It seems that some senior editors disregarded this responsibility in this case.

“When media executives support the most careless social media users in what can only be described as the unedifying Olympics of fiction and fakery, society stands to lose.” Everyone needs to fulfill their obligations.

“I want to reiterate that unless I have specifically stated my opinions on my official social media platforms or in interviews with respectable media organizations, no opinions should be attributed to me,” he continued.