Bala Ade Dauke

His Royal Highness Bala Ade Dauke Gora (JP)[1] was the first monarch of the Atyap Chiefdom, a Nigerian traditional state in southern Kaduna State, Middle Belt (central) Nigeria. He was known by the titles Kuyanbanan Zazzau and Agwatyap I.[2]

A̠gwam Ba̠la A̠de Da̠ukee (JP)
District Head of Zangon Kataf and Kuyanbanan Zazzau
In office1967 – 1995
PredecessorHahaha Pate
SuccessorMuhammadu Balarabe
Monarch of Atyap Chiefdom
A̠gwatyap I
In office1995 – 2005
SuccessorA̠gwam (Dr.) Harrison Bungwon (FNSE), A̠gwatyap II
Reign1995 – 2005
BornKa̠nai (Gora), Northern Region, British Nigeria (now Ka̠nai (Gora), southern Kaduna State, Nigeria)
Full name
English: Bala Ade Dauke Gora
Tyap:Ba̠la A̠de Da̠ukee Gora
ReligionEvangelical Christianity
OccupationAgwatyap (A̠gwam A̠tyap)

In 1964, Dauke participated in the election for a seat in the Northern Region House of Representatives in Kaduna, for the Zangon Katab constituency, but lost to another Atyap (Katab/Kataf) man, Hon. Shekarau Kaah.[3][2]

In 1967, Bala Ade Dauke Gora, was appointed as the first Christian indigenous District Head of Zangon Katab after the rejection of another Christian, John Sarki Tafida, considered unqualified for the position by Southern Zaria (now Southern Kaduna) elites due to his Fulani origins and roots in the Zaria Native Authority.[4] His appointment was not only seen as a means of compensation for his lost bid for a seat in the Northern Region House of Representatives in Kaduna but, also most importantly, to quell the decades-long agitations by the Atyap people for self-autonomy. He had the longest reign as District Head of Zangon Kataf and Kuyambanan Zazzau for 28 years (1967-1995) when the Atyap people were formally removed from the Zazzau (Zaria) Emirate Council by the Kaduna State government military government of Lawal Jafaru Isa, then in power and the long overdue Atyap Chiefdom was created. Dauke thereupon became the Agwatyap (Chief of the Atyap), the first indigenous of them all.[3]

Earlier on, following the Zangon Kataf disturbances of May, 1992 in which at least 21 indigenous Atyap people were arrested and left in detention without charge or trial under Decree 2 of 1984 enacted by the Nigerian military government, Bala Ade Dauke was one of those arrested alongside Dominic G. Yahaya (the present Atyatyap), John Perry Kude and others.[5]

References
  1. Ndayako, Samuila. "Christological dispensation in Northern Nigeria". World Cat. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. THE A̠TYAP 1946 & 1992 HEROES ALMANAC.
  3. Yakubu, Abubakar (3 August 2020). "Brief History of Zangon Katab". The Links News. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  4. Yahaya, Aliyu (Spring 2016). "Colonialism in the Stateless Societies of Africa: A Historical Overview of Administrative Policies and Enduring Consequences in Southern Zaria Districts, Nigeria". 8 (1). Retrieved 10 August 2020. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "NIGERIA: THREATS TO A NEW DEMOCRACY" (PDF). Africa Watch. 5 (9): 13–21. June 1993. Retrieved 10 August 2020.


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