Tag: SOKAPU

Kaduna Killings: SOKAPU seeks UN/AU Base

Aminu Imam

A socio-cultural group, Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, (SOKAPU), has advocated for establishment of United Nations (UN), or Africa Union (AU) Peace Enforcement Operation Base in Southern Kaduna area of the State in order to curtail recurrent killings in the area. Addressing a press conference yesterday in Kaduna, the SOKAPU President, Awemi Dio Maisamari, said: Within one month, 68 persons have been killed in Atyap land, leaving 15 with life threatening injuries. These attacks have created streams of displaced persons fleeing for safety. We advocate for a UN or AU Peace…

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2023 Election countdown:SOKAPU endorses Atiku

Aminu Imam

The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), the umbrella body of the people of Southern Kaduna, have endorsed the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. SOKAPU said the people took the decision in collaboration with the Southern Kaduna Leadership Council (SKLC) after an exhaustive examination of the political situation on the ground. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, the SOKAPU President, Awemi Dio Maisamari, along with the chairman of Southern Kaduna Leadership Council, Ishaya Dary Akau, amongst other officials of the union, said that, having weighed the…

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Kaduna: Bandits kidnap 40 worshippers, demand N200m ransom SOKAPU

Aminu Imam

The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, (SOKAPU), has alleged that over 40 people, including members of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church Movement, in Bayan-Kasuwa Quarters, of Kasuwan-Magani, Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State, have been abducted by terrorists. The union, in a statement by its National President, Dr. Awemi Maisamari, issued to newsmen in Kaduna, yesterday, said the bandits had reached out to families and were demanding N200m before the abductees could regain their freedom. According to SOKAPU, the incidents took place on September 12 and 13, at Kasuwan-Magani area…

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Bandits Parallel Govt. In Kaduna: Ungovernable space about size of Abia – SOKAPU

Aminu Imam

…Nigeria’s sovereignty under threat, Northern leaders warn The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), has described the alarm raised by Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, that the activities of terrorists now running a parallel government in the State as belated and an unfortunate admission. This is as the people of Southern Kaduna revealed the area that has now become ungovernable space in the State is about the size of Abia State. Speaking under the aegis of SOKAPU, yesterday, its Acting President, Awemi Dio Maisamari, noted that indeed, the terrorists have…

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Escalating Insecurity:”Set up security outfit in Kaduna”, SOKAPU tells el-Rufa’i

Aminu Imam

Against the backdrop of the insecurity bedevilling the country, the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has urged the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufa’i to set up a security outfit like the governor of Benue State Samuel Ortom did. According to an issued statement signed by SOKAPU’s acting president, Awemi Dio Maisamari, We also believe that if governor el-Rufa’i and others should welcome and implement the Volunteers Guards initiative of Governor Ortom, the thousands of captives in the dens of kidnappers would be rescued and the culprits brought to…

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Kaduna 2023: Muslim-Muslim ticket an affront to Christian community SOKAPU

Aminu Imam

Stakeholders in Southern Kaduna have described the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kaduna State as an affront to the dignity of the people of the region. The State APC governorship candidate, Senator Uba Sani, had penultimate week announced the State governor, Nasir el-Rufais deputy, Hadiza Balarabe, a fellow Muslim, as his running mate for the 2023 governorship election. However, the Southern Kaduna people, who are mainly Christians, expressed shock over such an appointment, wondering if there was no single Christian member of the APC from the…

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Intractable Insecurity: Southern Kaduna Group writes UN, EU

Aminu Imam

Laments neglect by FG The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) yesterday disclosed that it had written the United Nations, European Union and Africa Union on the plight of its people amid intractable insecurity. The National President of SOKAPU, Jonathan Asake, revealed this during a session with newsmen at the weekend, asking the international community to wade into the plight of the Southern Kaduna people. The group added that it was tired of begging Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, to end the carnage going on in Southern Kaduna. SOKAPU expressed…

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“Were tired of begging el-Rufa’i to end killings SOKAPU

Aminu Imam

The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, (SOKAPU), has said it is tired of begging the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufa’i, to end the carnage going on in the area. Lamenting the security situation in Southern Kaduna, the group stated that the region was now facing wanton killings which had become a reality for them for many years. The groups expression of grief is coming on the heels of the June 5 attack by armed herdsmen on Maikori and three other Adara villages in Kajuru Local Government Area, Southern Kaduna, killing…

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Kidnappings: ‘Govt. officials pay abductors secretly, ransom bill hypocritical’ SOKAPU

Aminu Imam

The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, (SOKAPU), has faulted the Bill passed by the Senate prohibiting the payment of ransom to kidnappers in Nigeria, describing it as an action that would endanger the lives of kidnap victims if passed into law. Recall that the Senate had on Wednesday passed a Bill amending the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2013, by prohibiting the payment of ransom to kidnappers in the country. This came 30 days after the abduction of the Abuja-Kaduna-bound train passengers by suspected terrorists. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, had said the…

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Call for Buhari’s Resignation: Miyetti-Allah, SOKAPU lambasts Northern elders

Aminu Imam

The Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN), and Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) have tackled Prof. Ango Abdullahi-led Northern Elders Forum (NEF) for calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign without delay over the seemingly endless killings and kidnapping in the country, particularly in the North. Reacting separately, MACBAN said that the elders should rather proffer a solution to insecurity and advise the government on the way out than call for the resignation of the president. For SOKAPU, the position of the northern elders on Buhari was suspicious, pointing…

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