Book Review: LAKA IN FOMBINA And A Little More Light On The Early Formation Of States In Central Bilad Al- Sudan UsmanM
Djila and Mbairo began to expand into various clan units: Sara Bagirmi had thirty dialects, and occupied South west and Central Bilad Al-Sudan. Magumi migrated to the Southwest of Bilad Al-Sudan and had Sao, Bulala and Kotoko which produced the KANURI, Gamargu and Kibaku language.
At the critical stage of the Jihad, Sheik Usman Bn Fodio sought for soldiers from Modibbo Adama; so, it was agreed that every six months, Fombina moved One thousand soldiers to Sokoto, and the bulk of this fighting force were the Laka people.The name Jimeta was derived from a person called Jimta. In the 19th Centuary the European traders made reference to old Jimta to anchor their boats. Jimta had a neigbour called Jabbo, who had a farm near Jimta and goes back to Bagale every evening.
The demobilization/retirement of troops in the 1st and 2nd World wars and Nigerian civil wars caused the spread of Laka people in places like Kaduna, Kano, Jos, Bauchi, Maiduguri etc. The outbreak of Nigerian Civil war in 1967 led to increase in Laka population in Fombina.The closest neighbors of Laka in the Fombina are the Fulbe, verre and Bata and their links started with Jabbo and the Jihad.
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