Akoko-Edo Towns And Villages

Akoko-Edo is a Local Government Area in Edo State, Nigeria, in the state’s rocky far north. Its headquarters sits at Igarra, roughly 130 kilometres north of Benin City. The LGA covers about 1,371 square kilometres and borders Kogi and Kwara states to the north and Ondo State to the west.

The 2006 census counted 261,567 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 386,400. Igarra’s postal code is 312115. Okpameri, Uneme, Ikiran, Ososo and other Edoid- and Yoruba-speaking communities share the LGA’s ten wards, among them Igarra I, Igarra II, Ososo and Somorika.

Key facts
StateEdo State
HeadquartersIgarra
Wards10
Population (2006 census)261,567
Population (2022 projection)386,400
Areaabout 1,371 square kilometres
Postal code312115
Towns and villages listed46

The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC polling-unit and ward directory, the GRID3 Nigeria settlement dataset, and GeoNames.

  1. Aiyegunle
  2. Aiyeteju
  3. Aiyetoro
  4. Akuku
  5. Anyara
  6. Anyawoza
  7. Atte
  8. Bekuma
  9. Dangbala
  10. Egbetua
  11. Egbigere
  12. Ekor
  13. Ekpe
  14. Ekpedo
  15. Ekpesa
  16. Eshawa
  17. Ewan
  18. Ibillo
  19. Igarra
  20. Ijaja
  21. Ikakumoh
  22. Ikiran-Ile
  23. Ikiran-Oke
  24. Ikpeshi
  25. Ile-Aro
  26. Imoga
  27. Lampese
  28. Makeke
  29. Ogbe
  30. Ogugu
  31. Oja-Sale
  32. Ojah
  33. Ojirami-Oke
  34. Okpe
  35. Oloma
  36. Onumu
  37. Ososo
  38. Samorika
  39. Sasaro
  40. Ufa
  41. Ugboshi-Afe
  42. Ugboshi-Ele
  43. Uneme-Erhunrun
  44. Uneme-Nekhua
  45. Uneme-Osu
  46. Utua