Dominic Yahaya

Sir Dominic Gambo Yahaya KSM (born January 10, 1950) is the current monarch of Atyap Chiefdom, a Nigerian traditional state in southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. He is also known by the title "Agwatyap III".
Early life and education.
Yahaya was born in Taligan, Atyapland, "in the defunct" Northern Region, British Nigeria (now southern Kaduna State, Nigeria) on 10 January 1950.
He began his educational career in 1958, attending St. Pius' (now LEA) Primary School, Taligan (Magamia) between 1958–1964; St. Mary's (now Government) Secondary School, Fadan Kaje between 1965–1969; Barewa College, Zaria between 1970–1971; and then proceeded for an advanced level education at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria between 1972–1975, where he graduated with a B.Sc. (Hon.), Second Class Upper Division in Geography and between 1977–1979, obtained an M.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning from the same institution. He has also attended several courses, workshops and seminars at home in Nigeria and overseas.
Yahaya got married to Miss Justina on November 30, 1979.
Career.
Yahaya began working with the Kaduna State government after the year-long compulsory national service with the National Youth Service Corps, in 1976 and became:
He also became:
Hence, he came back to work with:
He then became:
Yahaya was then appointed as Chairman of the Interim Management Committee, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area between June 20, 2011 - November, 2012; and
Memberships and awards.
Memberships.
Yahaya had been a de facto member of the:
He is also a registered Town Planner.
Awards.
He was awarded:
State detention.
After the Zangon Kataf disturbances of May 1992 in which at least 21 indigenous Atyap people were arrested and left in detention without charge or trial under Decree 2 of 1984 enacted by the Nigerian military government, Dominic G. Yahaya (then a civil servant) was one of those unjustly detained and kept separately in a group of six before later being separated including Bala Ade Dauke (the then District Head of Zangon Katab and future "Agwatyap I"), Maj. Gen. Zamani Lekwot (rtd.), ACP Juri Babang Ayok (rtd.), Major John Atomic Kude (rtd.), and Peter Lekwot (younger brother to Maj. Gen. Z. Lekwot - who alongside Elias Manza and others were sentenced to death), as "Special Class" prisoners.
Kingship.
Yahaya, at the demise of HRH Agwam Dr. Harrison Yusuf Bungwon, "Agwatyap II" was chosen to be the next "Agwatyap" of Atyap Chiefdom, to lead the Atyap people. On Saturday, November 12, 2016 he was handed over the staff of office by the Kaduna State governor in the Atak Njei palace.