The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has made a formal appeal to the United Nations and African Union (AU) to send troops to Southern Kaduna, noting that it has lost faith in the capacity and sincerity of the Nigerian security authorities to protect them against bandits and armed herdsmen.
Speaking at a news conference in Kaduna, President of the Union, Awemi Maisamari lamented how no fewer than 245 communities in the area have been sacked by armed herdsmen in collaboration with terrorists in the past six years.
He added that multiple persons had been killed during such attacks and alleged that government has not demonstrated enough commitment, sincerity and determination to end the lingering insecurity in Southern Kaduna by failing to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators.
He however shared his optimism that the deployment of UN and AU peacekeepers to Southern Kaduna will practically demonstrate that the world is interested in their collective survival as minority ethnic groups in Nigeria.
