Paul Zakka Wyom, also Paul Zakka Wyoms is the monarch of Gwong Chiefdom, a

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. 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

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monarch, murdered in early 2018. He is a first class monarch of the

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. Nigeria's ''Premium Times'' reported the monarch hosting the

gubernatorial candidate for the

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in 2014. Wyom as reported by a ''The Dream Daily'' reporter was said to have praised the growth in his chiefdom in January 2016. He later in March, hosted, as reported by

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, the ''Khituk Gwong Day'' in Kagoma,

, which was attended by the Nigerian Vice President,

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. 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

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, Seth Thomas, who built a $50,000 primary health care centre at Asso, a community in the chiefdom inaugurated January 11, 2019.

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