Zing local government area was the most peaceful among the 16 local
government areas of Taraba State until the news of the death of the
Kpanti Zing, the paramount ruler of the chiefdom, Abbas Ibrahim, who
died in Mecca, was announced.
The Kpanti Zing is one of the first class chiefs in Taraba. He is
also the head of third class chiefs and other local chiefs in Zing local
government area of the state.
Ibrahim was the 6th Kpati Zing and spent 19 years on the throne
before his demise in Mecca. The monarch had led Taraba pilgrims as the
Amiru Hajj of Taraba. Ibrahim was among those who lost their lives in
the stampede that occurred during the Hajj in Mecca. When the news of
the death filtered into the palace, Zing was thrown into mourning. As
tradition demands, the processes of picking the successor commenced as
soon as the news of the death broke. A tussle ensued between Christians
and Muslims in the Ibrahim family on who should occupy the throne.
There were three contenders: Alhaji Tumba Ibrahim, Bala Ibrahim and Imam Ibrahim.
Earlier when the governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku, visited the
palace of Kpanti Zing to condole with the family over the death of the
ruler, he cautioned the kingmakers against compromising the processes
that would elect the new Kpanti Zing.
Subsequently, the governor, through his Permanent Secretary Bureau
for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Bello Yero, employed all
means to ensure a hitchfree emergence of a new Kpanti Zing.
But when it became glaring that the king makers were unable to
present the three contenders to the Taraba government which would, in
turn, choose one to occupy the throne as provided for by the law, the
governor directed the Permanent Secretary to announce acting Kpanti
Zing.
Yero, in a three-paragraph press release, announced: “His Excellency,
the governor of Taraba State, Arch. Darius Ishaku, has directed that
the Waziri Sir Linus D. Ibrahim should act in the office of Kpanti Zing
in line with the traditions guiding the traditional stool of Kpanti
Zing”. He stated that the state government was putting the machinery in
place on the election of a new Kpanti Zing. The state government also
Imposed 12 hours (6 pm to 6 pa) curfew on the town, the headquarters of
Zing local government area to ensure law and order.
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