Bakulu people (also Ikolu, Ikulu, Bekulu) are a people found in

Zangon Kataf Zangon Kataf ( Tyap: Nietcen-A̱fakan) is a Local Government Area in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Zonkwa. It is also a name of a town ( Tyap: Nietcen-A̱fakan) in the chiefdom of the Atyap. Other towns include ...

Kachia Kachia Hausa Fulani and Kadara and Jaba is a Local Government Area in the southern part of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kachia. It has an area of 4,570 km and a population of 252,568 in the 2006 census. The postal ...

and

Kauru Kauru is a Local Government Area in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. The area is 3,186 km. Its headquarters are in the town of Kauru. The postal code of the area is 811. Boundaries Kauru Local Government Area shares boundaries with Zangon Kataf L ...

Local Government Areas of southern

Kaduna State Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...

Middle Belt The Middle Belt (also spelt Middle-Belt or Central Nigeria) is a term used in human geography to designate a belt region stretching across central Nigeria longitudinally and forming a transition zone between Northern and Southern Nigeria. It is ...

, Nigeria. They speak a

Plateau language The forty or so Plateau languages are a tentative group of Benue–Congo languages spoken by 15 million people on the Jos Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Nasarawa State and in adjacent areas in central Nigeria. Berom and Eggon have the most speakers ...

called Kulu. They call their land ''Akulu''.

Religion

A majority of the Bakulu people were reportedly adherents of

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, numbering about 29.5% of the entire population, while

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number 0.5% and

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with 70.0% of the population. Among the Christians, Independents have 60.0%,

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s 25.0% and

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s 15.0%.

Politics

The paramount ruler of the Bakulu people is addressed as "Agwom" (or Agam). The current monarch is His Highness (HRH) Agwom Yohanna Sidi Kukah, ''Agwom Akulu II'' Brother, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah. The Agwom Akulu is the head of the Akulu Traditional Council of Akulu (Ikulu) Chiefdom, whose headquarters is at Fadan Ikulu in

Kamuru Kamuru (also Kamaru, Kamuru Station, Kamaru Ikulu) is a town in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area in southern Kaduna state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Akulu chiefdom. The postal code of the area is 802. ...

Land subdivisions

The land of the Bakulu people is known as ''Akulu'' ('' Hausa:'' Ikulu). Ikulu is one of the 11 subdivisions of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of southern

. It is in turn divided into the following: #Anchuna #Ungwan Akokah #Gidan Pate #Gidan Zomo #Kamaru Ikulu (

) #Kamaru Hausawa (Kamuru) #Katul #Kamuru Dutse #Kurmi Biri #Ungwan Jada #Ungwan Jatau #Katul Crossing #Ugwan Rana #Ungwan Pa (Ashafa Gida) #Ungwan Sani #Yadai #Akupal #Ungwan Gauta #Ungwan Rimi (Ghidol) #Fadan Ikulu (Ansang) #Gidan Ali (Ginkpon) #Fansil (Antang) #Ungwan Makama #Ampaga (Boto, Lisuru) #Ashafa (Agwenshe) #Gidan Bako (Gunyua) #Dutsen Bako (Gekon'Unyua) #Anzaah A prominent Bakulu son, Rev. Fr. Matthew Kukah decried in an interview with ''This Day News'' that the Bakulu alongside the Anghan are the smaller of the groups in the local government with each having just a ward only despite their numbers.

Notable people

* Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto ( la, Sokotoën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Sokoto in the Ecclesiastical province of Kaduna in Nigeria. Its territory includes the states of Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, and Katsina. History * Jun ...

* Late Hon. (Chief) Charles Garba Ali Madaki, Politician, Former Minister Federal Ministry of Works and Housing * Hon. Ali Wakili, Politician, Former House of Assembly Member, Kaduna State * Hon. Allahmagani Yohanna, Politician, Former Commissioner Culture and Tourism, KEPA, Local Government and Chieftaincy. The last political appointment was the PPS of the Late His Excellency Patrick Yakowa Kaduna State Governor * Prof. Joseph Mamman, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria * Mr. Ishmail Yusuf Ashafa Asst Director FCDA * Prof. Abdullahi Musa Ashafa, Former Ag. Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Kaduna State University, Kaduna * Prof. Benjamin Chindo, Former Dean Faculty of Pharmacy (Academic) Kaduna State University, Kaduna * Hon. Ben Bako, Politician, Former commission for Information and Home Affairs, Kaduna State * Barr. (Chief) Joseph Maimagani, Seasoned Administrator and Lawyer * Prof. Aje Tokan, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, (ATBU) Bauchi

References

{{Reflist Ethnic groups in Nigeria