Umuoji people

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The Umuoji people are those whose roots can be traced to the town of Umuoji in Idemili North, a local government area in Anambra State, Nigeria.^[1][2] These people are from Igbo-speaking ethnic group whose early history is adversely affected by a lack of, or non-existent, written records.^[3] Umuoji is bounded by Ogidi, Ojoto, Uke, Abatete and Nkpor and has an estimated population of 80,000 people which includes local residents in its 23 villages and citizens in diaspora.