The governorship candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State and Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai, on Saturday urged his supporters to shun violence no matter the level of provocation.

He said this while addressing his supporters at  Gwantu, headquarters of Sanga Local Government Area in the southern senatorial zone  of Kaduna State. He also promised to stem the tide of killings in Southern Kaduna.

“I am passionately appealing to you not to abuse anybody, don’t fight anybody, if somebody looks for your trouble, run away, we are not trouble makers. If anybody slaps you, don’t retaliate, turn the other cheek for him, avoid anything that will lead to violence.

“Your greatest weapon in the struggle for change in Kaduna State and Nigeria is your voters’ card and this change can only be possible if you have your voters’ card,” El-Rufai charged the crowd.

The former minister who noted the persistent killings in the southern part of the state, especially in Sanga Local Government Area, decried the level of insecurity in the state and declared that his administration will ensure security of lives and property if elected.

“If you vote APC, we will provide good roads, good schools, good hospitals and improve the quality of lives of our people. But the first step you must take is to ensure that you collect your voters’ card, ?because it is with the voters’ card that we can demolish PDP.

“If you vote us, there would be change and we will bring an end to the killing of our brothers in southern Kaduna and Birnin Gwari,  by arresting the perpetrators and bringing them to justice,” he said.