Ibe Pascal Arogorn
Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has
revealed that some leaders in the state want
money for peace to reign but his
administration won’t appease ‘trouble makers’.
Crimefacts earlier reported how the Southern part of
the state has experienced the worst form of
violence in recent times with hundreds of
residents murdered by bandits.
Speaking in an interview on Channels TV, el-
Rufai said, “I have no time for nonsense. I will
not appease criminals. I will not appease idle
people who have nothing to do but to raise a
spectre of genocide. They do that to get
money into their bank accounts and get
donations from abroad instead of standing up.
“Anyone that is moderate, anyone that is
promoting peaceful co-existence between
various ethnic groups is considered a sell-out.
And a governor like me, who does not appease
them because they are used to being
appeased, they cause troubles, they organise
these killings and then, their leaders are invited
by the governor, they wine and dine and they
are given brown envelopes. That’s what they
have been doing for 20 years.
“And we came into office and we said no more,
nobody who does not encourage peaceful co-
existence will have access to the governor or
the Government House. I have no time for
them. I am using the security agents to
carefully mark them and when we accumulate
enough evidence, we will get them and put
them before a judge.”
