The Southern Kaduna Peoples' United-Associations (SOKAPU) has issued a public notice cautioning the general public against groups operating parallel to it under the Southern Kaduna banner.
In the notice dated 10th November 2026, signed by President Engr. Tabara Samuel Kato and General Secretary Umar Galadima Gwantu, SOKAPU described itself as the apex umbrella sociocultural organisation of the Southern Kaduna people.
The organisation acknowledged that Section 40 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, guarantees freedom of association, but insisted that this freedom does not license the establishment or operation of any other group as a parallel Southern Kaduna organisation to SOKAPU, which would undermine the unity of the region.
It cited Section 45(1)(b) of the same Constitution, which permits restriction of that freedom in the interest of public order and the rights of others, noting that the SOKAPU Constitution incorporates this principle as it applies to all other groups and associations purporting to represent the region.
SOKAPU therefore stated that any publicly advertised event, within or outside Kaduna State, presented as a Southern Kaduna concern without official subordinating ties, approval, or synergy with SOKAPU is unauthorised and does not represent the Southern Kaduna people.
"Such events represent only the private interests of their conveners," the notice stated.
On pending court matters, SOKAPU disclosed that it is currently in court with two groups: the Southern Kaduna Autochthones Community Development Associations (SOKACDA), led by Dr. Zuwaqhu Bonat and Mr. Bature Sunday Likoro; and the Southern Kaduna Community Development Associations Forum (CDAs-Forum), led by Mr. Bature Sunday Likoro and Dr. Samuel Timbuak Achie.
According to SOKAPU, the court cases seek an account of funds donated to Southern Kaduna victims of attacks by His Excellency Barr. Nyesom Wike sometime in 2022.
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