Itu Towns And Villages

Itu is a Local Government Area in the northeast of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, on the east bank of the Cross River. It borders Odukpani in Cross River State and Arochukwu in Abia State to the north and northeast, Ibiono Ibom and Ikono Local Government Areas to the west, and Uyo and Uruan Local Government Areas to the south. The council headquarters sits at Mbak Atai Itam, on the Calabar-Itu highway.

The 2006 census counted 127,856 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 163,200. Itu holds ten wards: Oku Iboku, Mbiase/Ayadehe, East Itam I to V, and West Itam I to III. Hon. Ubong Wilson Nkutt has chaired the council since October 2024.

Farmers grow gmelina, raffia palm, oil palm and plantain across the LGA. Fishermen work the Cross River shoreline, and local mines yield salt, limestone and rock. Itu town itself was once a landing point on Cross River trade routes.

The list below was checked name by name against 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records and the GeoNames and OpenStreetMap gazetteers:

  1. Adang
  2. Afaha I
  3. Afaha Itam
  4. Afaha Ube
  5. Afaha Udo Oko
  6. Afia Isong
  7. Akpa Ekpene Oton
  8. Atai Ibiaku Itam
  9. Edem Inyang
  10. Efi Itam
  11. Efik Ibuno
  12. Ekim Itam
  13. Ekiritam I
  14. Ekiritam II
  15. Ekit-Itam
  16. Ema Itam
  17. Enen Atai Itam
  18. Etehentem
  19. Eton Ani
  20. Ibiaku Ikot Obong
  21. Ika Oku
  22. Ikot Abasi Itam
  23. Ikot Abiyak
  24. Ikot Adakpan
  25. Ikot Akpabio-Ayadehe
  26. Ikot Akpan Itam
  27. Ikot Andem Itam
  28. Ikot Anie
  29. Ikot Anse
  30. Ikot Antuen
  31. Ikot Ayan
  32. Ikot Ebom Itam
  33. Ikot Eka Iko
  34. Ikot Ekang
  35. Ikot Ekpuk
  36. Ikot Ekwere Itam
  37. Ikot Emien Itam
  38. Ikot Esia
  39. Ikot Essien
  40. Ikot Mbonde Itam
  41. Ikot Ntu Oku
  42. Ikot Nya Itam
  43. Ikot Obio Atai
  44. Ikot Obio Enang
  45. Ikot Obong Edong
  46. Ikot Onoi
  47. Ikot Otu
  48. Ikot Udo
  49. Ikot Ukap
  50. Ikot Ukono
  51. Ikot Uso Akpan
  52. Ikot-Offiong
  53. Mbak Atai Itam
  54. Mbak Obio
  55. Mbak Obio Itam
  56. Mbiabo Edere
  57. Mbiabong Afaha
  58. Mbiatok Itam
  59. Mbiribit Itam
  60. Mkpana Uruk
  61. Mkpeti Itam
  62. Nkim
  63. Ntak Inyang
  64. Ntiat Itam
  65. Nung Ukot Itam
  66. Nwut Usiong
  67. Nya Anating
  68. Obong Itam
  69. Obot Etim
  70. Odiok Itam
  71. Odu Itu
  72. Okon Itam
  73. Okono
  74. Okopedi Itu
  75. Ufok Offiong Ani
  76. Uyo Itam