SOKAPU welcomes Tinubu to Kaduna, calls for resettlement of displaced Kaduna communities

 The Southern Kaduna Peoples’ United-Associations (SOKAPU) Tuesday known as on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kaduna state governor, Uba Sani, to prioritise the safety of rural communities and the resettlement of displaced individuals forward of their scheduled go to to Kaduna state on October 24, 2026.

The group additionally demanded elevated army patrols round farming communities, justice for victims of assaults, and the arrest and prosecution of these accountable for destabilising the state.

In a press assertion issued not too long ago and signed by its nationwide president, Comrade Tabara Samuel Kato, SOKAPU welcomed the deliberate go to of President Tinubu and Governor Uba Sani for the flag-off of nationwide and state initiatives.

The affiliation, which describes itself because the umbrella physique representing Southern Kaduna’s ethnic nationalities, mentioned it appreciated efforts by the federal and state governments to deal with longstanding improvement challenges within the area.

SOKAPU particularly acknowledged the institution and growth of key establishments, together with army installations, the Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia, and the Federal Medical Centre,  Kafanchan.

It additionally recommended the Kaduna state authorities’s rural street development tasks, saying they have been serving to to open up agricultural markets throughout Southern Kaduna.

The affiliation additional recognised what it described as efforts to take care of non secular and regional steadiness in political management and appointments at each the federal and state ranges.

Despite these developments, SOKAPU warned that peace in rural Southern Kaduna remained fragile, with some residents nonetheless in captivity and assaults persevering with in components of the area.

The affiliation acknowledged improved coordination amongst safety companies, significantly in reference to rescue operations involving kidnapped residents of Kurmin Wali.

However, it urged the federal and state governments to not enable improvement tasks and political actions to overshadow the pressing safety wants of affected communities.

Ahead of the October 24 go to, the affiliation outlined three main calls for: the excellent resettlement of displaced individuals, the safety of farming communities and justice for victims of violence.

SOKAPU known as on the federal and Kaduna state governments to expedite the implementation of the resettlement committee’s mandate to allow displaced Southern Kaduna residents to return safely to their ancestral communities.

With the harvest season underway, SOKAPU urged safety companies to accentuate army and counter-terrorism patrols round farming communities and agricultural corridors.