Kaduna State Governor , Nasir el - Rufai, says Southern Kaduna leaders accusing him of taking sides want to be “ appeased ” but notes that his administration will not grease the palms of trouble - makers . “ 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 , ” the governor said during an interview on Channels Television’ s programme , Sunday Politics . The southern part of the state has experienced the worst form of carnage in recent times with hundreds of residents murdered by bandits and other enemies of peace .
But the governor , on Sunday evening , said the crisis rocking the region has a 40 - year history and past and present governments have tried to stabilise it . El- Rufai, however, countered the claim by Magaji that he is taking sides , saying , “ Anyone that is moderate anyone that is promoting peaceful co - existence between various ethnic groups is considered a sellout . 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 . ” He added , “ Most of the people saying that have no means of livelihood; they were living off the governments . The governments before us were paying them money every month , they called it peace money . We stopped it . This is why they say I am taking sides . Whatever they say , I take it . I am the governor of the state . If they don’ t abuse me, who will they abuse ? “ But let the facts speak for themselves . Let them contradict any fact that we say . We have the facts . We have the security agencies . We have information more than any of them and we know what we are doing and we know what we are spending to try keep Southern Kaduna safe . “ For years , every Commission of Inquiry said there should be a permanent military base in Southern Kaduna. We established it . There have been service chiefs from Southern Kaduna in the military base .