See How History of Pindiga Kingdom in Gombe State

 See How History of Pindiga Kingdom in Gombe State By Saliadeen Sicey Beginning Pindiga is the capital of Pindiga Kingdom in Akko Local Gove...

 See How History of Pindiga Kingdom in Gombe State

By Saliadeen Sicey

Beginning

Pindiga is the capital of Pindiga Kingdom in Akko Local Government in Gombe State in Nigeria. Pindiga Garine is full of interesting history which was founded by the Jukunawa between the 16th and 17th centuries. The village started with a few people living on a mountain which is now the fifth largest kingdom in Gombe state.

Pindiga is the headquarters of Pindiga Kingdom, which is one of the kingdoms of Gombe State. This town with a long history was founded by the Jukanawa between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The town started from a small settlement of some people on the mountain to its development as it is today as the emirate of Sarki Manka, the second rank in Gombe state.

Origin

Pindiga is a town with an ancient history, the origin of the establishment of this town starts from the time when the Jukunawa came to the black areas from Yemen, in the sixteenth century to the seventeenth century.

These people came from Yemen, they came through Sudan, where they camped in the town of Khartoum. From there, they walked along the banks of the Cadi River, until they came to Bima Mountain. From this mountain of Bima, they divided into two groups; A part of them made their way up to Mount Binga, where they established a town that today is called Yalwa.

In the year 1815 A.D., the king of Gombe, Buba Yero, started a war attack in the town of Binga. In all the wars that this king did with Jukunawan Binga, he did not succeed in crushing them until he left the world. In the same way, this war continued until the time of the king of Gombe, Umarun Kwairanga, who put together a coalition that brought together fighters from the countries of Bauchi, Misau, Jama'are, and other towns. This army fought the Jukunawan in this town called Binga; war was like the end of the family. They did not leave anyone but those who ran away and barely drank.

The remnants of these people who left mother earth, they came back later and established another town on a rock which they called 'Kartum'. They chose to call him by this name because it reminded them of the time they lived in Khartoum, which is in Sudan today.

After a while they were living on this mountain called Khartum, they saw that they should go further, so they moved a little further, a distance of not more than one and a half kilometers, and they established a new town on the mountain. Puli, which is now known as Dutsen Jukun. This mountain is located behind the town of Pindiga.

After the Europeans won Gombe by war, in 1903, they brought these people down from this mountain to the settlements where they are now living; that is the town of Pindiga.

Kingdom of Pindiga

From the beginning, when the government helicopter of this area of Pindiga was living its first settlement; the town of Binga, its power extended to the town of Gwana from the south, and from the north to the towns of Kwami and Gadam. Then in the western part where it is connected to the towns of Fali and Kirfi. When it went eastward, it had to reach the town of Gwani, then it turned east-west where it reached the towns of Tangale and Wurkum. The relationship between Jukunawan Binga and these listed cities is a religious relationship. This can also be determined from some of the other cultural and religious influences from Bolewa, Terawa, Waja, Wurkum, and Tangalu.

This influence of the town of Jukunawa which is Binga began to disappear in the year 1830 to 1840 when it returned under the rule of the Gombe kingdom under the banner of Islam. It is said that this happened as a result of receiving a flag made by one of the sons of the royal family named Hassan from Gombe. After receiving the flag, he returned home with the intention of fighting his brother named Giwa who was ruling the country at that time, but Giwa said that he would not fight with his brother.

Therefore, he went further and established the town of Tudun Kwaya which is now in Billiri-Kaltungo Local Government of Gombe State. This followed Hassan's acceptance of Islam, and King Giwa, on his part, refused to accept the religion of Islam.

At the beginning of the twentieth century; that is, in 1903, when the Europeans conquered the land of Gombe by war, this land of Pindiga returned under the rule of the governor of Akko as the town of Digaci. Since that time, Pindiga has been living as a town until 1978, when it has progressed to the position of governor during the era of Eri Alhaji Ahmadu Shu'aibu.

In the year 2000, during the reign of Alhaji Abubakar Habu Hashidu, who was the first civilian governor in Gombe state, God blessed this town of Pindiga to return to the kingdom under the king of Yanka second rank, which Alhaji Mohammad Seyoji Ahmad became its king. beginning.

Kenan in short, the town of Pindiga, is a town founded by the Jukanawa in the sixteenth to the seventeenth century. This town started from its first settlement called Binga which is now known as Yelwa, and after the war, the town was destroyed and another one was established on the Khartoum Mountain, then it was moved forward and another one was established which was called Puli. , which is now known as Jukunawa Mountain, then went down to the ground and established this town of Pindiga which became the headquarters of the Pindiga Kingdom, which was created during the reign of the first civilian governor, Alhaji Abubakar Habu Hashidu in 2000, which and the second-ranking King of Manka, Alhaji Muhammad Sayoji Ahmad became the first King of Manka and is still on the throne.

Holiday

Pindiga which is one of the towns and villages in Akko local government has two special festivals; Eku and Tangra festival

Schools

Primary schools in Pindiga include Central Primary School, Udan-boma Primary School and Gwagol Primary School.

The only federal university found in the town is the Federal University Kashere (FUK), Gombe state. of City.

The Source of This History

Rumbum Ilmi, Wikipedia, Northern Nigerian Publishing Company. (1970). Hausas and their Neighbors, Book Two. Northern Nigerian Publishing Company, Zaria - Nigeria.

Okunna, E and Gausa, S. (2014). Adapting the Jukun Traditional Symbols for Textile Design and Production. Mgbakoigba: Journal of African Studies. Vol. 3. July 2014

Interview with His Highness the Emir of Pindiga, Alhaji Muhammad Sayoji Ahmad on 13/02/2017 in Pindiga, Pindiga Palace.

Interview with Galadiman Pindiga, Alhaji Gambo Garba, at his home in Gombe, on 13/02/2017.

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