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Another version maintained that the Ohuhu people, with their Obowo counterparts, migrated from the Nekede area in Owerri. In connection with this theory, some writers believe that traditionally, the ancestors of Ohuhu-Ngwa formed part of a migration from the Agbaja area in Owerri and moved to the Imo
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There are several beliefs regarding the origin of Ohuhu people. One view is that the Ohuhu people did not migrate from anywhere. This view is supported by the fact that most communities in Ohuhu have their old or abandoned settlements, Okpuala, also located in Ohuhu. While this view sounds plausible,
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A recurrent name in these theories is Obowo – a clan occupying the area west of the Imo River. This river, lying between the Obowo and Ohuhu clans, is to both an important landmark. Whether the Ohuhu people migrated from Orlu area or Owerri they must, of necessity, have crossed the Obowo territory
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Possible kinship between Ohuhu and Obowo is suggested in the fact that many places and village names in either of the clans have their exact counterparts in the other. The two broad divisions of Ikenga and Ihite, for example, exist in both. Umukabi and Umuagu villages are known to have, in recent
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Umukoroala Okpuala and Umuagungolori Okpuala make up Umuegwu Okpuala community, while Muekwule Okpuala, Umuchukwu, Umunlewe, and Umuoshi make up the Umuekwule Community. Umuagungolori Obiohuru, Umuosu, and Umuokoroala Obiohuru are of Umuegwu extraction.
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Division. Put so tersely, this theory leaves out a number of variants. For instance, one tradition claims that the movement began from Orsu and touched Okiwudo and Akaokwa all in the
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some villages in Ohuhu today can convincingly trace their old settlements to places outside Ohuhu, even though they have another Okpuala now located in Ohuhu.
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people in Ohuhu likewise are said to have migrated from Umuoparaodu and Umudibi in Obowo, where traces of their settlements could still be identified today.
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River. Whether the migration began in Orlu, Nekede, Agba or Ahiara, all three centers are situated on the same unbroken stretch of land.
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before arriving at their present settlement. This area could well have been a resting point of a protracted journey to a promised land.
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What appears to be the strongest argument in favor of Ohuhu-Obowo kinship is their common possession of a peculiar deity –
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Egwu Ukwu Afugiri Autonomous Community, comprising Umuokoroala Okpuala, Umuagungolori Okpuala, and Umuagungolori Obiohuru
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ancestors in the horde continued their movement and settled at their present location before Ohuhu people joined them.
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areas. Far more persuasive than the rest is the theory that Ohuhu people migrated from parts of the present
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Hon.Ndudim E. Esobe to Ohuhu Union Lagos and compiled in a book titled “ Ohuhu in the 21st Century
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area. It then came to Anara-Osu. The tradition states that there, while the Ohuhu ancestors lingered,
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Umuegwu Obiohuru Afugiri Autonomous Community, comprising Umuosu, Umunemeze and Umuokoroala Obiohuru.
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Nkwoegwu Autonomous Community, comprising Umuakam, Umuoshi, Umunlewe, Umuchukwu and Umuekwule Okpuala
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The 27 Autonomous Communities in Ohuhu, are as follows, along with the names of their Ezes:
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times, common festivals with their Obowo counterparts to commemorate their kinship.
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It has been suggested that at least sections of the Umuhu people of Ohuhu came from
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