…Says, “It’s better than el-Rufai time” – Union
by Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna
In other sad, fresh reports, no fewer than 14 to 30 people have been reportedly killed and kidnapped, respectively, between 23rd and 31st of October, 2025, in southern part of Kaduna in Kaduna State.
A statement was signed by SOKAPU’s National President, Engr. Tabara Samuel Kato, and made available to journalists in Kaduna late Saturday has revealed.
The statement, signed by the Union President, “For, and on behalf of the Southern Kaduna People,” dated 8th November, 2025, is entitled: ‘Mitigating In Insecurity Southern Kaduna.’
According to the statement, “Since 23rd to 31st of October, 2025, no fewer than 14 to 30 people were reportedly killed and kidnapped, respectively.”
SOKAPU noted that, “It is instructive to recall that farmers and herders are traditional partners in trade with symbiotic relationship. The presently coined-out “farmers/herders clashes” are stage-managed incidences other than the real situations they appear to be.
“This is so because cattle are domestic animals that understand physical gestures and voice sounds of the herdsmen, and they take their direction from the gestures and/or voice sounds of the herdsmen.
“It can be proven that cows do freely graze on their own without violating farm boundaries. The cattle don’t of their own instincts stray into farms and ravage them, unless they are directed by the herdsmen to do so.
“Therefore, the well publicized theory by the former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, that, “Fulani don’t forgive and don’t forget” as his justification for the so-called ‘Farmers/Herders clash’ is not true, save for himself as a person, there is nothing to show that the theory is indeed the behavioural traits of the Fulani as a people.
“It is only for deliberate provocation that herdsmen drive their cattle to ravage farms, which they cannot do without the directive of the cattle owners. Farmers are not enemies of herdsmen! Both of them have no basis to be rivals, either.
“Farms are stationary, while cattle move about. Wherever the farm is ravaged by cattle, the cattle owners must be the aggressors!
“Most of the owners of these cattle are elites and people of power and influence living in big towns and cities, among whom are politicians and top government personalities in or out of power.
“They indirectly use these cattle to provoke crisis and take advantage of the crisis to scheme/bargain for power or perks of power. The currently escalating incidences of farmers/herders clashes are not unconnected with these Elite Owners of cattle, who are gaming for power or perks of power or both,” it stated.
“Meanwhile, the general public should be wary that, certain power mongers in sworn opposition to the present Kaduna State and Federal Governments, hiding under the fallacious theory of ‘Fulani vengeance’ may be using the so-called Farmers/Herders clash to instigate crisis, in order to strike a power bargain, at the expense of the good and wellbeing of citizens of Kaduna State and Nigeria at large.
“Another worrisome dimension to these attacks is the reports of issuance of threats of further attacks on the already traumatized communities.
“The import of the aforesaid Kagarko protest and continuing attacks in various communities is the need for the Kaduna State and Federal Governments to focus on identifying owners of cattle involved in ravaging of any farm; uncover their partisanship and bring them to justice.
“Equally important is the need to ensure that the Standing Shoot at Sight Order on any attacker of people or properties, issued by the former CDS, Gen. C.G. Musa (Rtd.) remains in force.
“Otherwise, the same people will continue to hide under cover of the so-called farmers/herders clashes, and continue to use it to erode the governments’ successes in mitigating insecurity and, ultimately, destroy the credibility of the good governance His Excellency, DQ Senator Uba Sani and His Excellency DQ Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, are committed to bequeath to the good people of Kaduna State and Nigeria in general, respectively.
“The Kaduna State Government should make arrangements for intervention on the imminent food shortages that stare the people of Kabara and the neighborhood in their faces, take deliberate steps to secure release of those kidnapped in various locations and mitigate the sufferings of members of the affected communities.
“Finally, much as we shall continue to demand good governance, we have obligation to appreciate efforts of the government and encourage them to do more good.
“Thus far, His Excellency, DQ Senator Uba Sani and His Excellency DQ Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu deserve our continued support and encouragement in terms of improvements on security,” it stressed.
Earlier, it stated that there is a growing need to draw the attention of Federal and Kaduna State Governments to reinforce their commitment to security of lives and property of their citizens, particularly the Southern Kaduna people, Kaduna State and Nigeria in general.
It noted that no doubts the Southern Kaduna people did witness significant improvements in terms of security, under the leadership of Governor Uba Sani and President Tinubu, a clear departure from the immediate past governments of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai and ex-President Buhari.
“Ironically, in the last few months we began to notice rising pockets of attacks in some communities across towns and local government areas of Southern Kaduna, such as Ungwar Rimi, Chawai, Kamaru; Wikeh, Gadanaji, Awon, Kabara, Rumaya, Farin Dutse, Damakasuwa, Tsam and their neighborhood, etc., with scores of people killed and others kidnapped.
“Earlier, there was a deliberate destruction of farm plants/crops at Kabara neighborhood on 07/10/25, Kagarko local government area; one day after the people’s protest of 6th October, 2025, to palace of His Highness, the Ere Koro, to press home their frustrations from incessant attacks meted on Kabara Village and neighboring communities by herdsmen, and the need for greater attention of the governments.
“With the widespread destruction of plants at the verge of their harvest and storage food barns, food scarcity looms in the affected communities, unless the Kaduna State Government intervenes to mitigate their predicaments,” it emphasized.