Bakulu people explained

Bakulu people (also Ikolu, Ikulu, Bekulu) are a people found in Zangon Kataf, Kachia and Kauru Local Government Areas of southern Kaduna State of Middle Belt, Nigeria.[1] They speak a Plateau language called Kulu.[2] They call their land Akulu.

Group:Bakulu
Population:50,000 (1998)
Popplace:Nigeria
Languages:Kulu
Religions:African Traditional Religion, Islam, Christianity
Related:Adara, Anghan, Bajju, Atyap, Ham, Tarok, Jukun, Efik, Igbo, Yoruba and other Benue-Congo peoples of Middle Belt and southern Nigeria

Religion

A majority of the Bakulu people were reportedly adherents of traditional religion, numbering about 29.5% of the entire population, while Muslims number 0.5% and Christians with 70.0% of the population. Among the Christians, Independents have 60.0%, Protestants 15.0% and Roman Catholics 45.0%.[3]

Politics

The paramount ruler of the Bakulu people is addressed as "Agwom" (or Agam).[4] The current monarch is His Highness (HRH) Agwom Yohanna Sidi Kukah, Agwom Akulu II, who is a younger brother to Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto. The Agwom Akulu is the head of the Akulu Traditional Council of Akulu (Ikulu) Chiefdom, whose headquarters is at Fadan Ikulu[5] in Kamuru.[6]

Land subdivisions

The land of the Bakulu people is known as Akulu (Hausa: Ikulu). Ikulu is one of the 11 subdivisions of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of southern Kaduna State. It is in turn divided into the following:[7]

  1. Anchuna
  2. Ungwan Akokah
  3. Gidan Pate
  4. Gidan Zomo
  5. Kamaru Ikulu (Kamuru)
  6. Kamaru Hausawa (Kamuru)
  7. Katul
  8. Kamuru Dutse
  9. Kolosok (Ungwan Jirayi)
  10. Kurmi Biri
  11. Ungwan Jada
  12. Ungwan Jatau
  13. Katul Crossing
  14. Ugwan Rana
  15. Ungwan Pa (Ashafa Gida)
  16. Ungwan Sani
  17. Yadai
  18. Akupal
  19. Ungwan Gauta
  20. Ungwan Rimi (Ghidol)
  21. Fadan Ikulu (Ansang)
  22. Gidan Ali (Ginkpon)
  23. Fansil (Antang)
  24. Ungwan Makama
  25. Ampaga (Boto, Lisuru)
  26. Ashafa (Agwenshe)
  27. Gidan Bako (Gunyua)
  28. Dutsen Bako (Gekon'Unyua)
  29. Anzaah

A prominent Bakulu son, Rev. Fr. Matthew Kukah decried in an interview with This Day News that the Bakulu alongside the Anghan are the smaller of the groups in the local government with each having just a ward only despite their numbers.[8]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. News: Ikulu . Ethnologue . 30 April 2017.
  2. Web site: Glottolog 3.0 -Ikulu . 30 April 2017 . glottolog.org . en.
  3. Web site: Joshua Project entry on Ikulu in Nigeria.
  4. Web site: Ministry of Local Government Affairs: Composition of the State's Council of Chiefs . 8 August 2020 . 15 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210115175652/https://localgov.kdsg.gov.ng/?page_id=31 . dead .
  5. Web site: Fadan Ikulu/Kaduna State . 8 August 2020.
  6. Web site: Kamaru Ikulu Map - Satellite Images of Kamaru Ikulu . 8 August 2020.
  7. Web site: Ikulu, Zangon Kataf, Kaduna, Nigeria . 8 August 2020.
  8. Web site: Damina . Francis . 17 July 2020 . Nigeria: 'Mediatrix' - a Tribute to Maman Fr. Kukah . 8 August 2020 . All Africa . This Day.

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