Nigeria: SOKAPU Says 30 Killed in Kaduna State Attack

The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has said that 30 people were killed in an attack on communities in Kaduna State, northwestern Nigeria. The group set out the death toll in an open letter addressed to the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, dated 27 July, calling for an urgent security response.

SOKAPU president Tabara Kato used the letter to raise concern over what he called a deteriorating security situation across rural and farming communities in southern Kaduna. Kato urged police to increase patrols and protection for residents, saying communities have been left exposed to repeated attacks.

Kaduna State has for years faced episodic violence against farming communities, and local groups have repeatedly pressed authorities for a stronger, sustained security presence. Kato's letter is the latest such appeal from SOKAPU, which represents ethnic groups in the state's southern zone. Nigerian police have not yet issued a public response to the letter's claims.