The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union SOKAPU, has commended the emergence of the North Central Peoples Forum (NCPF).
The National Public Relations Officer of SOKAPU, Mr Luka Binniyat, while reacting to the formation of the NCPF on Thursday, said that the development was long awaited.
According to Binniyat, the ACF means little or nothing to the people of Southern Kaduna.
The SOKAPU’s spokesman said, “It is a super positive development and long awaited, although it will be subsumed under the Middle Belt Forum, in which Southern Kaduna is an active member.
“The ACF has meant little or nothing for Southern Kaduna but serves as a ruse to pursue the interest of the core north under a false ‘One North’ that has truly never existed.
“The truth should be sinking into everyone that a united, monolithic North, if it ever existed, is finally dead and buried, no matter the number of Middle Belt persons they are fronting as leaders of the ACF.
“SOKAPU welcomes the development and we shall write to congratulate them for their courage and vision.”
Prominent leaders from the North - Central on Wednesday, had announced their exit from the ACF, citing the worsening insecurity in northern Nigeria.
The NCPF, which has as its interim Chairman, a former Minister of Health, Gabriel Aduku, said it would fight insecurity in the North- Central.