[6] On 25 August 2016, the SOKAPU excos issued a press statement during a mass protest staged by the union in Gwantu, Sanga LGA, which was signed by its president, Kaptain Solomon Musa, carefully pointed out the previous confessions by the Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, including biased comments and confessions of knowing who the killers of the Southern Kaduna people were and doing nothing to stop the killings in the region.

[7] In April 2017, SOKAPU released a communique signed by its president, Kaptain Solomon Musa, and General Secretary, Anto Ambi Ogah, warning of impending humanitarian crisis across Southern Kaduna due to the ongoing killings in the region.

[13] He added, "Mineral deposits and green areas for cattle rearing in the entire Middle Belt are responsible for killing in Southern Kaduna.

"Later in 2022, Asake's successor, the now acting national president of SOKAPU, Awemi Dio Maisamari, as reported by Leadership Nigeria responded to the alarm raised by the Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, over a memo he wrote to the Nigerian president, Mohammadu Buhari, about the rising security challenges in the state with concerns of terrorists creating a parallel government.

Maisamari reportedly said the governor ought to refocus his robust and occasionally misguided political determination toward prioritizing the security and well-being of the people of Kaduna State, to address the escalating insecurity.

The SOKAPU leader was also said to have added in a statement issued afterward, that the governor's admission served as validation for the concerns and alarms being voiced by the union since 2019.

SOKAPU said that apart from the atrocities committed during attacks, there are ongoing unspeakable crimes and barbaric acts taking place in occupied communities, which are difficult to comprehend fully but are happening daily.

[14] In February 2023, both the SOKAPU and SKLC endorsed Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, two candidates running for the position of President of Nigeria.

In April 2023, the SOKAPU National President, Awemi Maisamari Dio, called for a UN/AU base to be established in Southern Kaduna following the intensified killings in Atyap land.

[18][19] Sometime in early 2022, the Director-general of SOKAPU, Ishaku Kazah Bitrus, reportedly said its national leader, Jonathan Asake, was not an aspirant of any political party in the forthcoming 2023 Kaduna State gubernatorial election.

The opening paragraph of the letter had the following content, "The Central Executive Committee (CEC) has been embroiled in leadership crisis which has pitched the President of SOKAPU, Mr. Awemi Dio Maisamari, the General Secretary, Mr Stephen Mallan on one side and 13 other members of the exco respectively."

In a signed statement, the NEC's Vice President 1, Elisha Rosy, and 11 others, expressed concerns over the sudden transformation from a once vibrant union representing the 67 ethnic groups of the 12 LGAs of Southern Kaduna to a voiceless one.

In May 2021, Jonathan Asake, the SOKAPU National President, demanded for the creation of a separate state for Southern Kaduna to solve the problems being faced by the people of the region which according to him, included marginalisation and the issue of killings.

This will help in solving the incessant conflicts between our people and the other divide..."[27] The SOKAPU leadership was challenged in an interview with Blueprint Nigeria by Simon Abaah Jatau, a former interim chairman of Jema'a LGA, to implement modern agricultural practices and dry season farming to increase the income of farmers in the region.

He urged affluent individuals to support the less privileged, cautioning the youth against engaging in negative behaviors, and called for collective efforts, including sacrifices from SOKAPU leadership, to achieve the union's goals and advance the area's development.