| Dominic Gambo Yahaya | |
| Agwatyap III | |
| Succession: | Monarch of Atyap Chiefdom |
| Coronation: | November 12, 2016 |
| Reign-Type: | In office |
| Reign: | November 12, 2016 – date |
| Predecessor: | Agwam (Engr. Dr.) Harrison Yusuf Bungwon FNSE, Agwatyap II |
| Birth Date: | 10 January 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Taligan, Northern Region, British Nigeria |
| House: | Aminyam |
| Full Name: | English: Dominic Gambo Yahaya |
| Religion: | Catholicism |
| Occupation: | Civil servant, Politician |
Dominic Gambo Yahaya (born January 10, 1950) is the current monarch of Atyap Chiefdom, a Nigerian traditional state in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. He is known by the title Agwatyap III.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Yahaya was born in Taligan, Atyapland, in the defunct Northern Region, British Nigeria (now southern Kaduna State, Nigeria) on 10 January 1950.
He began his education in 1958, attending St. Pius' (now LEA) Primary School, Taligan (Magamia) between 1958 and 1964; St. Mary's (now Government) Secondary School, Fadan Kaje between 1965 and 1969; Barewa College, Zaria between 1970 and 1971. He then proceeded for an advanced level education at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria between 1972 and 1975, where he graduated with a B.Sc. (Hon.), Second Class Upper Division in Geography and between 1977 and 1979, obtained an M.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning from the same institution. He has also attended several courses, workshops and seminars at home in Nigeria and overseas.
Yahaya married Miss Justina on November 30, 1979.
Yahaya began working with the Kaduna State government in 1976 and became:
He also became:
Hence, he returned to work with:
He then became:
Yahaya was then appointed as Chairman of the Interim Management Committee, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area between June 20, 2011 - November, 2012; and
Yahaya had been a de facto member of the:
He is also a registered Town Planner.
He was awarded:
After 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, Dominic G. Yahaya (then a civil servant) was one of those unjustly detained and kept separately in a group of six before later being separated including Bala Ade Dauke (the then District Head of Zangon Katab and future Agwatyap I), Maj. Gen. Zamani Lekwot (rtd.), ACP Juri Babang Ayok (rtd.), Major John Atomic Kude (rtd.), and Peter Lekwot (younger brother to Maj. Gen. Z. Lekwot - who alongside Elias Manza and others were sentenced to death), as "Special Class" prisoners.[5] [6]
Yahaya, at the demise of Harrison Bungwon, Agwatyap II, was chosen to be the next Agwatyap of Atyap Chiefdom, to lead the Atyap people. On Saturday, November 12, 2016, he was handed over the staff of office by the Kaduna State governor in the Atak Njei palace.[7] [8]
In early November 2023, Yahaya launched the Jumma Yahaya Gambo Foundation to cater for the educational needs of victims of the attacks by Fulani terrorists in his Chiefdom.[9] [10]
. Zangon Kataf: A Journey of a People . Dauke, B. A.. Bala Ade Dauke . 2004 . Mangut Publishers . . 154–174 . 978-125-812-9.