Obi/Oju Towns And Villages

Obi and Oju are two Local Government Areas in Benue State, Nigeria, home to the Igede people. Obi’s headquarters sits at Obarike-Ito; Oju’s at Oju town. The 2006 census counted 98,707 residents in Obi (2022 projection 142,500) and 168,491 in Oju (2022 projection 243,300).

The area organises into three traditional districts: Igede, Uwokwu and Ito. Postal codes run 971106 to 971108 across the three.

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

Igede District

  1. Achawu
  2. Adum
  3. Adumegwu
  4. Agbong
  5. Agidegbe
  6. Ainu
  7. Ainu Ette
  8. Akaraba
  9. Ameka
  10. Anchimka
  11. Andibilla
  12. Anyuwogbu
  13. Atekpe
  14. Barracks
  15. Ebonda
  16. Edii
  17. Edumoga
  18. Ega
  19. Eja
  20. Ekpong
  21. Epwa Ibilla Oka
  22. Ibegi
  23. Ibilamdum
  24. Ichacho
  25. Ichakobe
  26. Idajo
  27. Ifega
  28. Ihiejwo
  29. Ihigile
  30. Ihiokwu
  31. Ikachi
  32. Ikomi
  33. Itega
  34. Itikpala
  35. Iyeche
  36. Lukpo
  37. Oba-Ogebe
  38. Obachita
  39. Obegede
  40. Obi
  41. Obibagwu
  42. Obigwe
  43. Obijegwu
  44. Obohu
  45. Oboru
  46. Obotu
  47. Obotu Ororu
  48. Ochimode
  49. Ochodu
  50. Ochoro Ororu
  51. Ogengeng
  52. Ogogo
  53. Ogori Ohurekpe
  54. Ohimenyi
  55. Ohio
  56. Ohoho
  57. Ohuma
  58. Ojegbe
  59. Ojenya Oju
  60. Ojini
  61. Oju
  62. Oju Ipinu
  63. Okak Tokwe
  64. Okete
  65. Okileme
  66. Okonche
  67. Okpinya
  68. Okpodo
  69. Okpoma
  70. Onyike
  71. Onyohu
  72. Opiem
  73. Orihi Ameka
  74. Oshirigwe
  75. Otakini
  76. Otunche
  77. Owori-Obotu
  78. Oyiwo
  79. Uchenyum
  80. Uchuo
  81. Ugbogiri
  82. Ugburu
  83. Ukpa
  84. Ukpila
  85. Ukpute
  86. Umoda
  87. Utabiji
  88. Adodo
  89. Adum Owo
  90. Agbach
  91. Agbaja
  92. Aloma
  93. Anyode
  94. Arigede
  95. Ebenta
  96. Egbella
  97. Enugu-Oye
  98. Idelle
  99. Igbegi
  100. Igbilla
  101. Igwe-Ette
  102. Igwoke
  103. Ikoku
  104. Ikori
  105. Inyuma
  106. Itafor
  107. Iyokolo
  108. Obene
  109. Ochiri
  110. Odaleko
  111. Ogaka
  112. Ogballa
  113. Ogege
  114. Ogori
  115. Ojokwe
  116. Okpenehi
  117. Okuku
  118. Okurum
  119. Oye
  120. Oyinyi
  121. Ubelle
  122. Uda
  123. Udogwu
  124. Ugbogwu
  125. Uje
  126. Abode
  127. Abofutu
  128. Adega
  129. Adigabu Okpe
  130. Adiko
  131. Adugodu
  132. Adum East
  133. Adum West
  134. Agboko
  135. Akwunda
  136. Anyagwu Okogbeje
  137. Anyoko Uhie
  138. Ebong Ito
  139. Echori
  140. Ekingo
  141. Igbono
  142. Igwe
  143. Ijanke Obarike
  144. Ijegbe
  145. Ijegwu
  146. Ijokwe
  147. Ikirhie
  148. Ikponyire
  149. Ikwokwu
  150. Irabi
  151. Itakpa
  152. Ito
  153. Itogo
  154. Iyaho
  155. Oba
  156. Obarike-Ito
  157. Obijago
  158. Ochinebe
  159. Odaliko
  160. Odiapa
  161. Odiapa Ipinu
  162. Ogede
  163. Ogore
  164. Ogwope
  165. Ohuehe
  166. Ojenya
  167. Ojo
  168. Ojwo
  169. Okpokwu
  170. Okwuhungbe
  171. Okwumaye
  172. Opirikwu
  173. Opirikwu Adum
  174. Otokwe
  175. Oye Obi
  176. Ubeke
  177. Udebor
  178. Udegi
  179. Ugbodom
  180. Umapia
  181. Utubeji