Some group called the Gongola Peoples Forum threw a massive party in Adamawa State to celebrate seven new chiefdoms and emirates that got carved out a year ago. Retired Gen Paul Tarfa showed up as chairman, while the Tol Hoba Dr Alheri Nyako spoke for all the new traditional rulers, and Governor Ahmadu Fintiri sent his culture commissioner, Alphonsus Babadoke, to represent him at the Mahmud Ribadu Square event.
The whole thing was basically ethnic groups trying to break away from Hausa-Fulani control by getting their separate identities recognized. They pulled in people from Gombe, Taraba, Bauchi, and other Middle Belt spots for what they called the Gongola Peoples Grand Cultural Fiesta.
Everyone spent the day praising the state government for splitting off Hoba, Madagali, Michika, Gombi, Dumne, Fufore, and Maiha from the old Adamawa Emirate and Mubi Emirate after decades of being stuck under them.
The whole thing was basically ethnic groups trying to break away from Hausa-Fulani control by getting their separate identities recognized. They pulled in people from Gombe, Taraba, Bauchi, and other Middle Belt spots for what they called the Gongola Peoples Grand Cultural Fiesta.
Everyone spent the day praising the state government for splitting off Hoba, Madagali, Michika, Gombi, Dumne, Fufore, and Maiha from the old Adamawa Emirate and Mubi Emirate after decades of being stuck under them.
