{"id":28808,"date":"2020-08-17T14:56:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T14:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=28808"},"modified":"2020-08-17T14:56:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T14:56:44","slug":"my-refusal-to-give-brown-envelope-responsible-for-continued-killing-el-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/my-refusal-to-give-brown-envelope-responsible-for-continued-killing-el-rufai","title":{"rendered":"My refusal to give brown envelope responsible for continued killing \u2013 El-Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said the refusal of his administration to give what he tagged as \u201cbrown envelope\u201d was responsible for the lingering violence in Southern Kaduna.<\/p>\n

El-Rufai explained that his predecessors paid some leaders who allegedly organised killings in the state.<\/p>\n

He said the peace money was to stop such acts but he\u2019s administration on assumption of power stopped it.<\/p>\n

Featuring on Channels Television, the governor vowed that he \u201cwill not appease criminals\u201d in a bid to continue the practice.<\/p>\n

He vowed to prosecute those linked to the killings in Southern Kaduna.<\/p>\n

The governor lamented that some of the leaders in Southern Kaduna are aggrieved that he stopped the alleged payment.<\/p>\n

According to El-Rufai: \u201cMost of the people saying that have no means of livelihood, they were living off the government. 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd for 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\u2019s what they have been doing for 20 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa Press-Nigeria: Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said the refusal of his administration to give what he tagged as \u201cbrown envelope\u201d was responsible for the lingering violence in Southern Kaduna. El-Rufai explained that his predecessors paid some leaders who allegedly organised killings in the state. 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