The governor of Kaduna state in Nigeria, Nasir El-Rufai, has sent a strong message to everyone who has a problem with his recent political appointment to his administration. The governor since unveiling his new appointees have been criticised by his opponents as being biased.
El-Rufai decided to reply his critics while answering questions at the 4th town hall meeting in central Kaduna, said that he won't give a political appointment to any group of people who never supported his governorship campaign. He said;
If you are not happy with appointments made, you can go and climb Kufena mountain, fall and die. It was what you voted for that you got, because we are aware that there are people who did not vote for us, in fact, they worked against us.
But now they claim to be APC members and loyal to the party. We know such people. And so, there is no way they would expect anything from us.
The governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomole was the first governor to use the "go and die" statement on a widow he met selling wares on the roadside, Governor Oshiomole after ordering uniformed men to demolish all shops at the roadside turned a deaf ear to the appeal of the widow, and angrily told her to "go and die".
He received heavy criticism on social media after the statement and later apologised to the poor woman, and also gave a sum of N1million.