THE 22 DISTRICTS OF THE COLONIAL IDOMA NATIVE AUTHORITY

1. Agatu

1. Ochewu

2. Adoka

3. Ugboju

4. Otukpo

5. Onyagede

6. Oglewu

7. Akpa

8. Edumoga

9. Okpoga

10. Ichama

11. Otukpa

12. Owukpa

13. Orokam

14. Utonkon

15. Igumale

16. Agila

17. Ulayi

18. Ijigbam

19. Ito

20. Oju

21. Uwokwu

NOTE:

1. Ito, Oju and Uwokwu are Igede speaking

2. Utonkon is Ufia speaking while Akpa is Akweya speaking but both speak the generic Idoma dialect as well.

3. Only Igumale, Utonkon and Agila had powerful Kingdoms with royal family and an unbroken line of Kings stretching back 500 years.

4. Oglewu is fusion of Ochobo and Oglewu precolonial chiefdoms

5. Ugboju, Otukpo and Adoka each have a common ancestor but all have minority clans assimilated through marriages

6. Umogidi was an independent chieflet added to Adoka

7. Onyagede is made up of precolonial chieflets which include Onyagede, Agadagba, Okpiko, Aume, Ukpobi and the small Abakpa clan of Onyagede

8. Agatu is made up of 18 independent precolonial chiefdoms while Ochekwu is made up of 13 independent chiefdoms.

9. Precolonial Edumoga included Igede speaking Ito and had 5 Chiefdoms: Ito, Eke, Edumoga-Icho, Edumoga-Ehaje and Ugbokolo.

10. Akpa, Orokam and Ichama has 5 unrelated clans each

11. Otukpa and Okpoga have 3 unrelated clans each

12. Agatu continued as a local government while Ochewu continued as Apa local government

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Dated: 4th November, 2021