Apa Towns And Villages

Apa is a Local Government Area in Benue State, Nigeria, bordered by Agatu to the north, Gwer West to the east, Otukpo to the south and Omala in Kogi State to the west. Its headquarters sits at Ugbokpo, northwest of Makurdi, the state capital.

The council was created on March 23, 1981, dissolved on 31 December 1983, and re-established in August 1991. The 2006 census counted 96,780 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 139,700. Apa holds eleven wards: Akpete/Ojantelle, Auke, Edikwu I, Edikwu II, Igah-Okpaya, Igoro, Ikobi, Oba, Ofoke, Oiji and Ugbokpo.

The area’s postal code is 972107. Idoma farmers and traders make up most of the population, alongside Igala and other settler communities. Farmers grow yams, cassava, maize, guinea corn and melons across the area.

The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GRID3 settlement gazetteer, and the GeoNames and OpenStreetMap databases:

  1. Adija
  2. Ajibe Ehaje
  3. Ajibe Icho
  4. Akpaniho
  5. Akpanta
  6. Akpete
  7. Akpoloko
  8. Alifeti
  9. Amoke
  10. Angwa
  11. Ankpali
  12. Asaba
  13. Ataganyi I
  14. Ataganyi II
  15. Auke
  16. Auke-Ibado
  17. Auke-Igeri
  18. Benin Ochumekwu
  19. Ebugodo
  20. Edikwu Icho
  21. Ekla
  22. Idada
  23. Igah Ologeche
  24. Igah-Okpaya
  25. Igoro
  26. Ihoke
  27. Ijaha
  28. Ijege
  29. Ikaduna
  30. Ikamp
  31. Ikampu Olochokwunu
  32. Ikobi
  33. Ikor
  34. Imana
  35. Inyapu
  36. Jos
  37. Kano
  38. Mbapa
  39. Oba
  40. Obinda
  41. Ochichi Aji
  42. Ochichi Ogili
  43. Ochinmo
  44. Odugbo
  45. Ofoke
  46. Ogbonoko
  47. Ogodo
  48. Oiji
  49. Ojantelle
  50. Ojecho
  51. Ojuloko
  52. Okpakachi I
  53. Okpakachi II
  54. Okpene
  55. Okpoda
  56. Okpokwu
  57. Oladoga
  58. Oladu
  59. Olakamonye
  60. Olekele
  61. Olitodo
  62. Olobaidu
  63. Olochekwu
  64. Ologba
  65. Olojo-Otugugwu
  66. Oloke
  67. Olokongo
  68. Olufiene
  69. Omelemu
  70. Opaha
  71. Otakpa Oba
  72. Ugbobi
  73. Ugbokpo
  74. Ukpogo