Paul Zakka Wyom Explained

Kpop (Col.) Paul Zakka Wyom (rtd.)
Succession:Monarch of Gwong Chiefdom
Moretext:Kpop Gwong II
Reign-Type:In office
Reign:2000 – date
Predecessor:Kpop Aruwa Jatau
Full Name:English: Paul Zakka Wyom
Religion:Evangelical Christianity

Paul Zakka Wyom, also Paul Zakka Wyoms is the monarch of Gwong Chiefdom, a Nigerian traditional state in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. He is also known by the title Kpop Gwong II. He was the spokesman on behalf of other monarchs at the burial preceding of a fellow Southern Kaduna monarch, murdered in early 2018.[1] [2] He is a first class monarch of the Gwong people.[3]

Nigeria's Premium Times reported the monarch hosting the Kaduna State gubernatorial candidate for the All Progressives Congress in 2014.[4]

Wyom as reported by a The Dream Daily reporter was said to have praised the growth in his chiefdom in January 2016.[5] He later in March, hosted, as reported by Channels Television, the Khituk Gwong Day in Kagoma, Kaduna State, which was attended by the Nigerian Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.[6]

In January 2019, The Sun of Nigeria published on the monarch giving traditional title of "Byeh Gwong" (Helper of Gwong) to an 18-year-old Briton, Seth Thomas, who built a $50,000 primary health care centre at Asso, a community in the chiefdom inaugurated January 11, 2019.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Murdered Kaduna chief, wife buried . Premium Times . January 14, 2018 . January 2, 2021.
  2. Web site: Murdered Kaduna monarch, wife buried amid tears . Ojo . Sola . January 14, 2018 . The Sun . Kaduna . January 2, 2021.
  3. Web site: Composition of the State's Council of Chiefs - Ministry of Local Government Affairs Kaduna State Government . Kaduna State Government . January 2, 2021 . January 15, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210115175652/https://localgov.kdsg.gov.ng/?page_id=31 . dead .
  4. Web site: El-Rufai visits Yakowa's hometown as he declares Kaduna guber bid . Muhammad . Garba . September 17, 2014 . Premium Times . January 2, 2021.
  5. Web site: Gwong Chiefdom Growing In Leaps And Bounds, Says Kpop Gwong . Kezi . Julius B. . January 7, 2016 . The Dream Daily . Kafanchan . January 2, 2021.
  6. Web site: Osinbajo Calls For Support To Fight Evil . March 6, 2016 . Channels Television . January 2, 2021.
  7. Web site: From UK with love for Southern Kaduna residents . January 20, 2019 . Ebije . Noah . The Sun . Kaduna . January 2, 2021.