Bala Ade Dauke

**Bala Ade Dauke Gora** (1935/6 - 2006) ya kasance Hakimi na farko ɗan asalin Kudancin Zariya kuma sarkin farko na ƙabilar Katab ko *Atyap Chiefdom*, masarautar gargajiya ta Najeriya a kudancin jihar Kaduna, Middle Belt (tsakiyar) Najeriya. Sunayen *Kauyen Banan Zazzau* da *Agwatyab I sun san shi*.

## Tarihin Rayuwa da Ilimi
Bala ya girma tare da mahaifinsa, Ade, da babban yayan mahaifinsa, Duk, suna zaune tare a babban fili kuma suna noma tare, Kanai (H. Gora), Ƙasar  Katafawa. Kawunsa shine Shugaban Iyali (  ) da kuma Hakimin  ) Kanai (  ), yana yin aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa a yankin, wanda zai amsawa Hakimin Gundumar a Hedikwatar Gudanarwa a garin Zangon Kataf. Ba a san takamaiman ranar haihuwar Bala ba amma ya yi hasashen shekarar haihuwarsa tsakanin 1935 zuwa 1936  a tarihin rayuwarsa da aka ɗauka a cikin littafin da ya rubuta mai taken, *Zangon Kataf: Tafiyar Jama'a* .

Neman ilimi na Bala ya fara ne a 1942, lokacin da kawunsa, Dauke ya yi masa rajista, wanda ya ƙaunace shi sosai zuwa makarantar firamare ta *Native Authority* (NA), Zonzon, wanda ya halarta tare da ɗan Dauke, Bako, ƙaunataccen kawunsa, kafin na ƙarshe ya fadi bayan ya kai matakin Firamare na uku saboda shekarun sa. Bako a baya ya koyar da Bala ABCD tare da sauran yara maza a cikin gidan, kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin ɗaliban farko na makarantar firamare ta Zonzon NA, na biyu da aka kafa a ƙasar Katafawa a 1939, kuma ya girmi Bala.  Tsakanin 1943-1946 ya rike mukamin Daraktan Lafiya na makarantar, 

A 1946, an shigar da shi Makarantar Midil ta Zariya - yanzu Kwalejin Alhudahuda (inda ya zauna har zuwa 1951  ) kuma a cikin wannan shekarar, ya rasa kawunsa, Dauke.  Ziyararsa ta farko a makarantar ita ce a 1944, lokacin da malaminsa, Dawa Jankasa, ya tafi da shi tare da wani abokinsa, Adam Atar, a wani aikin fallasa. Ya zama mai tsere mai nisa a cikin "Gidan Waziri" kuma ya lashe gidan makaranta da kansa lambobin yabo. Ya kuma zama mai kula da Lokaci na makaranta da ƙaramin Shugaban Ƙasa a shekararsa ta biyu a 1947. 

## Aiki da Karin Karatu
Bayan barin Makarantar Midil ta Zariya a farkon 1951, Dauke nan take ya nemi shiga aikin ɗan sandan Najeriya. Yayin da yake jiran sakamakon, ya sami aiki a Babban Ofishin Jakadancin Sudan (SIM) Bookshop, Jos . Daga baya a waccan shekarar, aikace -aikacensa ya shiga aikin 'yan sanda ya yi nasara kuma ya shiga Kwalejin' yan sanda, Kaduna, kuma bayan wucewarsa ya sami posting na farko zuwa Junction Kaduna a matsayin mai sintiri, post na biyu shi ne kan titin Kaduna a 1952. 

Yayii rajista don yin kwas ɗin Fresher a Kano don ya kasance tsakanin 1952 zuwa 1953, amma saboda rikicin Kano na 1953, ya kasa kammala karatun na tsawon watanni 6 yayin da aka tura shi zuwa wurin rikicin a Fage, Kano. Daga baya, ya zama marubucin ofishin ƴan sanda sannan aka tura shi sashin binciken manyan laifuka. 

Aikin Dauke na farko shine ya dawo da wanda ake zargi daga Legas, wanda abin takaici ya tsere a hannun sa a kan hanyar dawowa Kaduna a Offa a watan Agusta na ƙarshen 1955, wanda hakan ya sanya shi cikin rudani. 

Ya bar rundunar ƴan sandan Najeriya a watan Fabrairun 1956 ya koma gida Gan, Kanai, tare da matarsa, Ladi, wanda nan da nan ta zama babban dinkin a Atyapland. 

A shekarar 1958, an shigar da Dauke cikin Cibiyar Gudanarwa, Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello, Zariya, don shirin nazarin sakatariya na wata shida, wanda ya kammala a shekarar 1959. 

A watan Janairun 1960, ya sake samun gurbin karatu na shekara guda a Makarantar Gudanarwa, wanda bayan kammalawa, aka canza shi zuwa fadar Sarkin da ke Zariya (daga Zangon Kataf) a matsayin mataimakiyar Malami. 

A cikin kwata na ƙarshe na 1961, an mai da shi Babban Jami'in Kula da Jin Dadin Jama'a na Ƙasar, kuma ya ci gaba da zama har zuwa 1963, lokacin da ya halarci kwas ɗin Jami'in Kula da Jin Daɗin Jama'a na Yankin Arewa a Kaduna kuma ya zo na huɗu daga 14 gaba ɗaya. Wannan, don haka, ya ba shi gurbin karatu na atomatik don zuwa Coleg Harlech, North Wales, Birtaniya, don yin nazarin Ilimin halin ɗabi'a da tattalin arziki a matakin ci gaba. Lokacin da ya isa can, an tura shi Kwalejin Kasuwanci ta Gabashin London don karatun gyara, inda ya kuma shiga cikin kwasa-kwasan lokaci na walwalar Jama'a . A 1965, ya koma Coleg Harlech daga Makarantar Tattalin Arziki ta London don karanta ilimin halayyar ɗan adam. 

A 1966, ya dawo gida bayan ƙarewar karatunsa kuma ya sake neman wata malanta don kammala karatunsa, kuma an yarda.  Ya kamata ya dawo ranar 29 ga Afrilu 1967, lokacin da aka tilasta masa karbar mukamin Hakimin (ko *Hakimi)* a ranar 4 ga Afrilu 1967, kuma ya fara aiki a wannan matsayin a ranar 6 ga Afrilu 1967. 

## Aure
A shekarar 1948, Dauke ya hadu da Ladi, abokiyar karatunsa da ya san ta a Makarantar Midil ta Zariya ta hannun abokinsa, Adam Atar, a karon farko a Ashong Ashyui a ranar kasuwa. Ta kuma kasance 'yar uwar Tagwai Sambo, wani abokin karatunsa. Ya kai ziyarar farko ga iyayenta a Manchok a 1950  kuma ya aure ta da wakili, wanda dan uwansa, Bawa ya wakilta, a ranar 8 ga Yuli sheakara ta 1952. 

## Aikin siyasa da sarauta
Dauke ya fara tafiya siyasa ne bayan ya bar rundunar ƴan sandan Najeriya, a karshen shekarar 1956, saboda tsananin sha'awar ci gaban zamantakewa, tattalin arziki da siyasa na mutanen sa, Atyab da daukacin Kudancin Zariya, kuma ya samu kusanci sosai. Ƴan siyasa irin su Honorabul Dauda Haruna daga Kwoi, a lokacin yana wakiltar Kudancin Zariya a Majalisar [Arewacin Najeriya], Kaduna, kuma sun hadu da wasu kamar Solomon Lar, Reverend David Lot da Tanko Yusufu. 

A cikin 1957, ya zama magatakarda na Majalisar Rukunin Ƙauyen Atyab, tare da Adam Yabiliyok a matsayin *Wakili* . 

A shekarar 1959, ya shiga majalisar wakilan jama'ar Arewa (NPC) bayan da aka cika filin United Middle Belt Congress (UMBC), domin shiga zaɓen kujerar ɗan majalisar wakilai na yankin Arewa a Kaduna, na Zangon. Mazabar Katab, amma ya rasa ga wani Atyap (Katab/Kataf), Hon. Shekarau Kaah,   wanda ya kasance dan takarar UMBC. 

A ranar 4 ga Afrilu 1967, aka naɗa Bala Ade Dauke Gora a matsayin Hakimin Zangon Katab na farko da duk Kudancin Zariya bayan kin amincewa da John Sarki Tafida (*Dan Galadima Zazzau* da Hakimin Kirista na farko na Zangon Katab daga Mayu 1957 to 1961  ), wanda aka ɗauke ba 'yan asalin da haka, m ga matsayin da kudancin Zaria tsoma bakin saboda ya Hausa-Fulani asalin da kuma tushen a cikin Zaria Native Authority .  A ranar Laraba 6 ga Afrilu 1967, tare da tawaga daga Zariya aka raka shi cikin motar *Iyan Zazzau* tare da abokansa Bawa Gambo - *Sarkin Zanan Zazzau* da Shehu Idris - sakataren masarautar Zaria a lokacin, yana tuƙi ta hanyar Kaduna, Zonkwa da Zangon. Kataf inda mutane da yawa ke jiran maraba da shi cikin farin ciki da murna. A ranar da ya koma aiki kuma lokacin da muƙaddashin naɗin nasa ya ƙare a ranar 28 ga Satumba, ya zama cikakken Hakimin Gundumar bayan nadin sarautar da aka yi masa a ranar 1 ga Oktoba 1967 inda aka sanya shi ya karɓi sarautar Zariya kuma ya zaɓi *Kuyan Banan Zazzau* . 

Ba wai kawai nadin nasa a matsayin wata hanya ta biyan diyya ba ga neman takarar kujerar ɗan majalisar wakilai na yankin Arewa a Kaduna amma kuma, mafi mahimmanci, don kwantar da hankulan mutanen Atyap na shekaru da yawa don cin gashin kansu. Ya yi mulki mafi tsawo a matsayin Hakimin Zangon Kataf da *Kuyan Banan Zazzau* na tsawon shekaru 28 (1967-1995) lokacin da mutanen Atyap tare da Bajju, Gwong da Sanga aka cire su daga Majalisar Masarautar Zazzau (Zariya) ta gwamnatin jihar Kaduna. gwamnatin soji ta Lawal Jafaru Isa, a lokacin tana kan mulki kuma an kirkiro Atyap Chiefdom. Daga nan Dauke ya zama *Agwatyab* ko *Agwatyap* (Babban Atyap), ɗan asalin farko na su duka.   

Daga cikin nasarorin da ya samu a matsayin Hakimin Gundumar, Dauke a 1975 ya taimaka wa Chawai (Tsam) don gane gundumar kuma a cikin 1990, Bajju da 1991, sun sami nasarar ƙirƙirar ƙarin gundumomi don Zangon Kataf. 

A cikin 2001, an haɓaka Dauke a matsayin Agwatyab I na Atyabland zuwa Babban Darakta na Biyu. 

## Tsare jihar
Bayan rikice-rikicen Zangon Kataf na 1992 na 6 ga Fabrairu da 15 da 16 ga Mayu aƙalla an kama mutane 21 'yan asalin Atyap kuma aka bar su a tsare ba tare da tuhuma ko shari'a ba a ƙarƙashin Dokar 2 ta 1984 da gwamnatin sojan Najeriya ta kafa. An kama Bala Ade Dauke a ranar 21 ga watan Mayu na shekarar 1992 sannan daga baya aka haɗa shi da wasu mutane biyar wato: Maj. Gen. Zamani Lekwot (rtd. ) , ACP Juri Babang Ayok (rtd. ), Manjo John Atomic Kude (rtd. ), Dominic G. Yahaya ( *Atyatyap na* yanzu), da Peter Lekwot, a matsayin fursunoni na "Class na Musamman". Ya kasance fursuna tsakanin 21 ga Mayu 1992 zuwa 9 ga Oktoba 1993 lokacin da ya sami 'yanci.  

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