Otukpo
Sign in to saveOtukpo is a town in Benue State, Nigeria located in the Middle Belt Region of Nigeria. It is also the eponymous name of a subgroup of the Idoma people. Otukpo is the headquarters of the Otukpo Local Government Area. It is the headquarters of the Idoma Nation, and remains an important town in Idomaland, an area mainly populated by the Idoma speaking people, though with numerous local dialects spoken in the diverse reaches of Idoma land. Otukpo Idoma language is the umbrella lingua.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Otukpo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- LGA and Town
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- Nigeria
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Benue State
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- Local Government Headquarters
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Otukpo
- Settlement.government_type
- Democracy
- Settlement.leader_title
- Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council
- Settlement.leader_name
- John Bako Ejeh
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Settlement.mapframe wikidata
- yes
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- Population
- 266411
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- postal code
- 972101
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- Climate
- Religion
- Transport
- Some prominent places in otukpo
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- References
Otukpo is a town in Benue State, Nigeria located in the Middle Belt Region of Nigeria. It is also the eponymous name of a subgroup of the Idoma people. Otukpo is the headquarters of the Otukpo Local Government Area. It is the headquarters of the Idoma Nation, and remains an important town in Idomaland, an area mainly populated by the Idoma speaking people, though with numerous local dialects spoken in the diverse reaches of Idoma land. Otukpo Idoma language is the umbrella lingua.
Otukpo is the seat of the Och' Idoma, the Paramount Ruler Idoma of the Idoma Nation. The Traditional Ruler of Idoma is Ogbodo John Elaigwu. Though his legitimacy as Och Idoma has been questioned by large Section of the Idoma Elites, Traditional District Heads, and Youth. As at the time of publication the case is said to be in court. Elaigwu Ogbodo was a card-carrying member of the PDP and a close ally with the Deputy Governorship candidate and Chairman John Ngbede. It is said Ngbede was very instrumental to his emergence as king.
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