Southern Kaduna Leaders want money for peace, but I don’t have time for nonsense – Gov. El-Rufai

The Kaduna State governor, Mallam 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’.

There has been reign of terror and festival of death in Southern Kaduna in Kaduna State of Nigeria, which has continued unabated.

The Southern part of Kaduna State is predominantly Christians and has experienced horror and the worst form of violence in recent times, with numerous residents murdered by bandits and suspected Fulani Herdsmen.

Speaking in an interview on Channels TV, Gov. E l-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.

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“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.”

The question on the lips of every right thinking Nigerian is “when will this accumulation of evidence be enough before these terrorists are put before a judge?

“How many more Southern Kaduna indigenes and residents should die before these bandits are put before a judge?”.