Chapter one:

EXODUS OF THE KORO PEOPLE TO THE ZUMA ROCK.

In the interview with Daudu Da- Durumi, Zuba (1968), it was captured that the Koro people who settled around the Zuma Rock are part of the Jukun tribe that are in the diaspora. Their forefathers spread from the Kwararafa (Kororofa)  empire, travelled to the western direction through Lafia area (but Lafia was not there as at that time), and specifically through Doma then through Keffi area (but there was nothing like Keffi  as at that time), then into the old Abuja area but Abuja was not in existence then too. Before Koro people on their movement reached the Zuma Rock, their soothsayers told them that they were not to settle down permanently until they reached one wonderful rock, far ahead of them. They continued their movement till they came to Zuma rock in the middle of a thick forest. When they entered into the forest, they settled within a radius of about one and half kilometres from Zuma rock and founded settlements like Shinapa  (where the chief, Agora was), Chaci, Luki, Esa, Zumwa, Yeku, Huntu, and Wagu.

Chapter Two:

THE WORSHIPING OF ZUMA ROCK BY THE KORO PEOPLE

 According to oral information gathered from Da-Turaki (1962), the Koro people got to the Zuma rock and found out that the rock had got strong spirits; on seeing mysterious and wonderful creatures of animals with human heads for example the giant rat. They also found out that the rock itself showed some mysterious and wonderful features.

This group of the Koro people in their movement to Zuma Rock were purely pagans. Their religious beliefs were based on spiritual powers that were coupled with their traditional idol worshipping; that gave them the power to take over the ownership of the rock and began to worship it. Sacrifices were made continuously on the Zuma Rock and wonderful things usually happen. Such wonders include: winning wars, as recorded by Shuaibu et al (1952) - typically the wars against the Jihadists who pursued the last Habe King of Zaria His Royal Highness (HRH) Muhammadu Makau to Zuba in 1804; the immediate relief from major epidemics.  Zuma rock became the strongest idol worshiping place in the old Abuja area (there was nothing like Abuja as at that time). Whatever thing that tried to displease them, they would immediately visit the Zuma Rock and make sacrifices. So also anything pleasing, they would go and make sacrifices to the Rock as “thanks-giving”. As at the time they were making the sacrifices, they were seeing positive results and if war was to take place, once they visited the Zuma rock with sacrifices, automatically the war was won. Most of these wars were minor ones but some major ones included the wars against the Jihadists.  It is one of the reasons that made the establishment of Koro people near the Zuma rock. Though there were wars in those days but no war against Zuba people by any group of warriors like the Jihadists was ever been successful, both within and outside Zuba chiefdom.

Chapter Three:

ORIGIN OF THE NAME “ZUMA ROCK”

In the forest around Zuma rock , the Koro people found there were many Guinea-Fowls around the Zuma Rock. The guinea fowl is a large wild bird that is natively found inhabiting a variety of habitats across the African continent as shown in figure 1 below. The Koro people of Zuba call it Ezu