Atuku

Atuku is a village and a second-order administrative division in Jema'a Local Government Area, southern Kaduna State, Middle Belt, Nigeria. It is located 159.08 km from the state capital, Kaduna. The postal code of the area is 801.

Villages

Atuku ward has the following villages:

Akau
Assob Barshi
Atuku
Bijik
Dogon Fili
Kato
Mafan
Tajan Kasa
Tafan
Tuku Kasa

Fulani terror attacks

Atuku ward and neighboring areas of Southern Kaduna had since 2016 been invaded repeatedly in the Fulani terror attacks. The attacks are a part of the larger mass killings in Southern Kaduna.

Notable people

Samuel Atukum, military governor of Plateau State