Mopa is a town in Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

. It is the headquarters of the Mopa-Muro

Mopa-Muro

Mopa-Muro is a Local Government Area in Kogi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Mopa on the A123 highway.It has an area of 901 km² and a population of 44,037 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 261....

 Local Government Area in Kogi State

Kogi State

Kogi state is found in the central region of Nigeria. It is popularly called the Confluence State because the confluence of River Niger and River Benue is at its capital, Lokoja, which is the first administrative capital of modern-day Nigeria....

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Local industries include Mopa Breweries and two marble quarries.
Mopa has a state-run Government Technical College.

Sunday Awoniyi

Sunday Awoniyi

Sunday Bolorunduro Awoniyi, CON was a Nigerian Yoruba politician and tribal aristocrat as the Aro of Mopa in Kogi State...

, the chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum

Arewa Consultative Forum

The Arewa Consultative Forum is a political and cultural association of leaders in Northern Nigeria formed in 2000 which has considerable influence in the political scene...

, was Aro (traditional ruler) of Mopa.
Brigadier General Samuel Teidi also hails from Mopa.
Chief Duro Adeyele, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) is another distinguished indigene.