Otuocha
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Otuocha is a town and Headquarters of Anambra East
Local Government Area of Anambra State
. It was previously a divisional headquarters of Anambra Divisional council during the first Republic and also the old local Government Headquarters of Old Anambra local government area that was broken to create the following four prevalent local governments: Anambra East
, Anambra West
, Oyi
and Ayamelum
LGAs.
It has a large population as many people from different ethnic groups in Nigeria
ns dwell in the land. These people include not only the original Igbo
natives of Umuleri (Umueri) and Aguleri
but others from other parts of Igbo land including the Hausa
, Ijaw, Yoruba
, etc. Otuocha is an important town in Nigeria east of the Niger
as it serves as the food basket to the entire people of South Eastern States.
. The small parcel of land that was later expanded and known as Otuocha was owned by One Ogbuevi Oche from Amukwa-Adegbe Village and the land was then known as "Otu-Oche (referring to the "Port" or shores of Oche), being the fact that it is at the bank of the Great Omabala River where many other "ports" or local "wharfs" are located. Though at the beginning, it was a very small portion within the shores of the Omabala (Anambra) River but with migration and expansion, it extends to includes some parts of Aguarkor in the west and Offianwagbo in the East. The name was originally called "Otuoche" but was corrupted by the advent of Europeans who mispronounced the name as "Otuocha". Since then the town has been known as Otuocha.
The Umuleri version of origin stated that Oche's descendants brought Eze Idigo, the progenitor of Idigo family to Otuocha being a "nwadiana" or nephew to the Oche's family and that he was the person that brought his people into the land. Where as Aguleri claimed that Idigo founded the land as vacant piece of land and brought the other Aguleri into the land as can be seen from the website: http://www.idigoezeaguleri.com
and Umuleri (Pronounced "Umueri") People. Whereas, the Aguleri
dwell mostly in the Northern Part of the town, Umueri are found mostly in the Southern Part of the town, along the tarred road leading From Oya-Agu Abagana
to Otuocha Market. Another groups found in the town are the Umuoba Anam who co-habits the central part of the town along with the two hosts. There are other groups from other part of Igboland
living as tenants and residents in the town and these include the Hausa, Ijaw and Yoruba
communities.
and Umuleri communities. The question is which of the two communities first settled at the land and which of them has superior claim over the territory now called otuocha. The case was first heard in 1933 when Umuleri leaders sued Aguleri
over the land but lost because they had earlier sold the land to Royal Niger Company Limited and therefore had been divested of the rights or title to the land according to the judgement then. The court held that Umuleri has nothing left to justify the court giving them declaration of title. Aguleri
sensing the lost of case, sued Umueri in 1935 but lost too on the ground that they too could not establish exclusive ownership of the land. In 1964, an attempt by Anambra County Council to alter the name of Otuocha headquarters to "Otuocha Aguleri" led to another suit by Umuleri Community and this was major reasons for the crisis of 1964 in which some people were killed and properties destroyed. The Nigeria Civil War interrupted the legal battles between the two sides as the case was suspended. After the war, the East Central State Government restored the name to Otuocha. In 1975, Aguleri
again sued Umuleri claiming exclusive ownership of Otuocha. They lost on the same ground as before. They appealed to the Court of Appeal who reversed the decision of the High Court. The Umuleri Community appealed to Supreme Court which decided that neither community could claim exclusive ownership of Otuocha but the lead Judge Obaseki was unanimous on his judgment that "Otuocha was a vacant piece of land but it was the people of Umuleri who first came into the land and have lived there for at least 100 years before the People of Aguleri
infiltrated". Though he does not believe that it is the people of Umuleri that allowed the Aguleri
into the land.
Umuoba Anam, another major community in the town and who also was involved in the crisis of 1999, claimed to have migrated into the land in early years of last century precisely in 1900. According to one of the principal witnesses during the Supreme Court's case of 1984, he stated that on entering the land, they were received by the people of Umuleri who collected some money, cows and many other items as an agreement to sell portions of Otuocha land to them. He went further to state that in 1910, the people of Aguleri
invaded their land and attacked them but they engaged in peace settlement with Aguleri
by purchasing the land too from Aguleri
thereby paying the same price which they had earlier paid to the people of Umuleri.
After 1984 Supreme Court of Nigeria
Judgment, there was a relative peace existing between the communities until in September 1995 when Aguleri
community invaded the Umuleri, killing, maiming and destroying properties belonging to the people of Umuleri. From the reports of World Organisation Against Torture & Center for Law Enforcement Education, the crisis emanated in 1994 when Aguleri
decided to establish a Motor Park/Market at a location on contested Agu Akor land and destroyed the Blessed Virgin Mary statue mounted on Our Lady of Victory Cathedral Otuocha belonging to the Umuleri. They destroyed all the signposts bearing Umuleri and left the ones bearing Aguleri. It was credibly rumored that Aguleri
had been planning to attack Umuleri with the supports of the then local Government Chairman who was from Aguleri
. Umuleri petitioned and the then State Government who drafted Mobile policemen into Otuocha between December 1994 and April 1995. This action buried the plots and avoided the violence that would have ensued. Following the re-deployment of the anti-riot policemen out of Otuocha, members of Aguleri
community attacked Umuleri on 30 September – 3 October 1995, unleashing massive destruction of human lives and poperty.
In 1995, a Judiciary
Panel of Inquiry was set up by the then Military Government
of Anambra State
to investigate the crisis and recommend solutions to avoid future occurrence. The report of the Judiciary Panel of Inquiry amongst many other things indicted the then Chairman of the Local Government(an Aguleri
native) and the Divisional Police Office (DPO) for involvement(taking sides)in the conflict. It also recommended that State government rebuild many of the destroyed Public Buildings which including Umueri Technical College, Girls High School, Otuocha Postal Office, General Hospital Umueri, etc. . The Government of the day then declined to implement or accept the recommendations. In apparent retaliation for yet to be redressed violence of 1995, it was said that the Umuleri youths launched attacked on Aguleri
in April 1999. The reprisal attacks was said to be carried out because of rumor making round that Aguleri
people who at then was engaging in funeral ceremonies of the indicted chairman (who died immediately at the end of 1995 crisis) "wanted seven human heads" to give the former local Government chairman a befitting burial. Another factor was Government disinterestedness in the recommendations of the Panel, amongst many others
for the same settlement. The Umuoba Anam have always provided a safer zone between the Aguleris and Umuleris in the spasmodic crisis between the two Communities. Umuoba Anam also sheltered the displaced people who fled to them for refuge during the attacks of 1995. The cause of their involvement in 1999 is not yet clear. It is alleged that they (Umu Oba Anam) joined forces with Aguleri to attack Umuleri. According to the Umuleri source, Aguleri
and Umuoba Anam, reached a pact that if Umuoba Anam joined them to chase Umuleri out of the area, the Aguleri
community would give Umuoba Anam more land to expand their settlement. On the Part of Umuoba Anam, a source said that Umuleri during the course of 1995 "war' shot Nine of their sons; killed one and where treated with disdain by Umuleri when they complained to them about this saying that it is one after the other(meaning that after they the umueri's have finished with Agulueri, it will be the turn of Umoba) . This caused resentment within the Umuoba Community and in retaliation for the killing they joined the crisis.
The crisis was eventually brought to an end by the interference of the federal Government of Olusegun Obasanjo whom personally visited the effected areas and invited the leaders of the three communities to the state house for a meeting.
Head Office along the Otuocha-Oyeagu Road,the Aguleri Post office,Nipost Umuleri etc.
There are many Schools in Otuocha which Includes:St. Joseph ’s Primary School, Ovuakwu Primary School, Ochei Primary school amongst many others. There are also banks which includes First Bank of Nigeria PlC, Aguleri Community Bank, Umuoba Anam Community Bank and Umuleri Community bank.
Anambra East
Anambra East is a Local Government Area in Anambra State, south-central Nigeria. Towns that make up the local government are Umuleri, Igboariam, Nando, Nsugbe, Aguleri, Otuocha, Ezi Aguluotu, Mkpunando, Enugwu Aguleri and Umuoba Anam....
Local Government Area of Anambra State
Anambra State
Anambra is a state in south-eastern Nigeria. Its name is an anglicized version of the original 'Oma Mbala', the native name of the Anambra River. The Capital and the Seat of Government is Awka. Onitsha and Nnewi are the biggest commercial and industrial cities, respectively. The state's theme is...
. It was previously a divisional headquarters of Anambra Divisional council during the first Republic and also the old local Government Headquarters of Old Anambra local government area that was broken to create the following four prevalent local governments: Anambra East
Anambra East
Anambra East is a Local Government Area in Anambra State, south-central Nigeria. Towns that make up the local government are Umuleri, Igboariam, Nando, Nsugbe, Aguleri, Otuocha, Ezi Aguluotu, Mkpunando, Enugwu Aguleri and Umuoba Anam....
, Anambra West
Anambra West
Anambra West is a Local Government Area in Anambra State, south-central Nigeria. Towns that make up the local government are Ezi Anam, Ifite Anam, Nzam, Olumbanasa, Oroma-etiti, Umueze-Anam, Umuenwelum Anam. Anambra west is located in the western part of Anambra state. Its local government...
, Oyi
Oyi
Oyi is a Local Government Area and city in Anambra State, Nigeria. It is home to the Oyi people.-History:Oral history:The origin of Oyi people is the same for all the "OLU" sub group of the Eri-Awka Igbo...
and Ayamelum
Ayamelum
Ayamelum is a Local Government Area in Anambra State, south-central Nigeria. Towns that make up the local government are Omor, Umueje, Omasi, Igbakwu, Umumbo, Anaku, Umuerum, Ifite Ogwari.-References:* dated July 21, 2007; accessed October 4, 2007...
LGAs.
It has a large population as many people from different ethnic groups 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...
ns dwell in the land. These people include not only the original Igbo
Igbo people
Igbo people, also referred to as the Ibo, Ebo, Eboans or Heebo are an ethnic group living chiefly in southeastern Nigeria. They speak Igbo, which includes various Igboid languages and dialects; today, a majority of them speak English alongside Igbo as a result of British colonialism...
natives of Umuleri (Umueri) and Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
but others from other parts of Igbo land including the Hausa
Hausa people
The Hausa are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. They are a Sahelian people chiefly located in northern Nigeria and southeastern Niger, but having significant numbers living in regions of Cameroon, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Chad and Sudan...
, Ijaw, Yoruba
Yoruba people
The Yoruba people are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. The majority of the Yoruba speak the Yoruba language...
, etc. Otuocha is an important town in Nigeria east of the Niger
Niger
Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...
as it serves as the food basket to the entire people of South Eastern States.
Origin
The history of Otuocha has been the source of problem that exist between the two major groups that live in Otuocha land. Oral Source had it that Otuocha land was earlier known as Otuoche and was a farmstead (Farmland) belonging to the people of Amukwa-Adegbe Village of UmuleriUmuleri
Umuleri also known and pronounced as Umueri is a town in Anambra State of Southeastern Nigeria. The people of town belong to an Igbo ethnic group and has an estimated population of 155,000...
. The small parcel of land that was later expanded and known as Otuocha was owned by One Ogbuevi Oche from Amukwa-Adegbe Village and the land was then known as "Otu-Oche (referring to the "Port" or shores of Oche), being the fact that it is at the bank of the Great Omabala River where many other "ports" or local "wharfs" are located. Though at the beginning, it was a very small portion within the shores of the Omabala (Anambra) River but with migration and expansion, it extends to includes some parts of Aguarkor in the west and Offianwagbo in the East. The name was originally called "Otuoche" but was corrupted by the advent of Europeans who mispronounced the name as "Otuocha". Since then the town has been known as Otuocha.
The Umuleri version of origin stated that Oche's descendants brought Eze Idigo, the progenitor of Idigo family to Otuocha being a "nwadiana" or nephew to the Oche's family and that he was the person that brought his people into the land. Where as Aguleri claimed that Idigo founded the land as vacant piece of land and brought the other Aguleri into the land as can be seen from the website: http://www.idigoezeaguleri.com
Natives
The Major people living in the town of Otuocha are the AguleriAguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
and Umuleri (Pronounced "Umueri") People. Whereas, the Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
dwell mostly in the Northern Part of the town, Umueri are found mostly in the Southern Part of the town, along the tarred road leading From Oya-Agu Abagana
Abagana
Abagana is a town in Nigeria. It is currently the Headquarters of Njikoka Local Government Area Anambra State and lies approximately 20 kilometers from Onitsha along the old Enugu-Onitsha Trunk A Road that divides the town into two halves....
to Otuocha Market. Another groups found in the town are the Umuoba Anam who co-habits the central part of the town along with the two hosts. There are other groups from other part of Igboland
Igboland
Igboland, or Igbo land , also known as the Ibo, Ebo, and Heebo Country, is a cultural region in Nigeria that includes the indigenous territory and cultural reach of the Igbo people...
living as tenants and residents in the town and these include the Hausa, Ijaw and Yoruba
Yoruba people
The Yoruba people are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. The majority of the Yoruba speak the Yoruba language...
communities.
Land disputes
The crux of problems that militate the growth of this town lies in the age-long land disputes over Otuocha land which have led to lots of violence and animosities between the two hosts -AguleriAguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
and Umuleri communities. The question is which of the two communities first settled at the land and which of them has superior claim over the territory now called otuocha. The case was first heard in 1933 when Umuleri leaders sued Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
over the land but lost because they had earlier sold the land to Royal Niger Company Limited and therefore had been divested of the rights or title to the land according to the judgement then. The court held that Umuleri has nothing left to justify the court giving them declaration of title. Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
sensing the lost of case, sued Umueri in 1935 but lost too on the ground that they too could not establish exclusive ownership of the land. In 1964, an attempt by Anambra County Council to alter the name of Otuocha headquarters to "Otuocha Aguleri" led to another suit by Umuleri Community and this was major reasons for the crisis of 1964 in which some people were killed and properties destroyed. The Nigeria Civil War interrupted the legal battles between the two sides as the case was suspended. After the war, the East Central State Government restored the name to Otuocha. In 1975, Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
again sued Umuleri claiming exclusive ownership of Otuocha. They lost on the same ground as before. They appealed to the Court of Appeal who reversed the decision of the High Court. The Umuleri Community appealed to Supreme Court which decided that neither community could claim exclusive ownership of Otuocha but the lead Judge Obaseki was unanimous on his judgment that "Otuocha was a vacant piece of land but it was the people of Umuleri who first came into the land and have lived there for at least 100 years before the People of Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
infiltrated". Though he does not believe that it is the people of Umuleri that allowed the Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
into the land.
Umuoba Anam, another major community in the town and who also was involved in the crisis of 1999, claimed to have migrated into the land in early years of last century precisely in 1900. According to one of the principal witnesses during the Supreme Court's case of 1984, he stated that on entering the land, they were received by the people of Umuleri who collected some money, cows and many other items as an agreement to sell portions of Otuocha land to them. He went further to state that in 1910, the people of Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
invaded their land and attacked them but they engaged in peace settlement with Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
by purchasing the land too from Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
thereby paying the same price which they had earlier paid to the people of Umuleri.
After 1984 Supreme Court of Nigeria
Supreme Court of Nigeria
The Supreme Court of Nigeria is the highest court in Nigeria, and is located in the Central District, Abuja, in what is known as the Three Arms Zone, so called due to the proximity of the offices of the Presidential Complex, the National Assembly, and the Supreme Court.-Overview:In 1963, the...
Judgment, there was a relative peace existing between the communities until in September 1995 when Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
community invaded the Umuleri, killing, maiming and destroying properties belonging to the people of Umuleri. From the reports of World Organisation Against Torture & Center for Law Enforcement Education, the crisis emanated in 1994 when Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
decided to establish a Motor Park/Market at a location on contested Agu Akor land and destroyed the Blessed Virgin Mary statue mounted on Our Lady of Victory Cathedral Otuocha belonging to the Umuleri. They destroyed all the signposts bearing Umuleri and left the ones bearing Aguleri. It was credibly rumored that Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
had been planning to attack Umuleri with the supports of the then local Government Chairman who was from Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
. Umuleri petitioned and the then State Government who drafted Mobile policemen into Otuocha between December 1994 and April 1995. This action buried the plots and avoided the violence that would have ensued. Following the re-deployment of the anti-riot policemen out of Otuocha, members of Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
community attacked Umuleri on 30 September – 3 October 1995, unleashing massive destruction of human lives and poperty.
In 1995, a Judiciary
Judiciary
The judiciary is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state. The judiciary also provides a mechanism for the resolution of disputes...
Panel of Inquiry was set up by the then Military Government
Military government
Military government can refer to conditions under either Military occupation, or Military dictatorship.-Military Government:Military government is the form of administration by which an occupying power exercises governmental authority over occupied territory.The Hague Conventions of 1907 specify...
of Anambra State
Anambra State
Anambra is a state in south-eastern Nigeria. Its name is an anglicized version of the original 'Oma Mbala', the native name of the Anambra River. The Capital and the Seat of Government is Awka. Onitsha and Nnewi are the biggest commercial and industrial cities, respectively. The state's theme is...
to investigate the crisis and recommend solutions to avoid future occurrence. The report of the Judiciary Panel of Inquiry amongst many other things indicted the then Chairman of the Local Government(an Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
native) and the Divisional Police Office (DPO) for involvement(taking sides)in the conflict. It also recommended that State government rebuild many of the destroyed Public Buildings which including Umueri Technical College, Girls High School, Otuocha Postal Office, General Hospital Umueri, etc. . The Government of the day then declined to implement or accept the recommendations. In apparent retaliation for yet to be redressed violence of 1995, it was said that the Umuleri youths launched attacked on Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
in April 1999. The reprisal attacks was said to be carried out because of rumor making round that Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
people who at then was engaging in funeral ceremonies of the indicted chairman (who died immediately at the end of 1995 crisis) "wanted seven human heads" to give the former local Government chairman a befitting burial. Another factor was Government disinterestedness in the recommendations of the Panel, amongst many others
Involvement of Umuoba Anam in 1999 Crisis
Umuoba Anam is third of the three Major communities that make up Otuocha. According to a book entitle "Anambra Day break " written By Idediora Nwabunwanne,they bought their settlement from Umuleri in 1900 where as report from World Organization Against Torture and Center for law Enforcement Education the settlement was bought in 1898 from the Umuleri Community but following incessant harassment from Aguleri for the same settlement, in 1910 they entered into another purchase agreement with AguleriAguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
for the same settlement. The Umuoba Anam have always provided a safer zone between the Aguleris and Umuleris in the spasmodic crisis between the two Communities. Umuoba Anam also sheltered the displaced people who fled to them for refuge during the attacks of 1995. The cause of their involvement in 1999 is not yet clear. It is alleged that they (Umu Oba Anam) joined forces with Aguleri to attack Umuleri. According to the Umuleri source, Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
and Umuoba Anam, reached a pact that if Umuoba Anam joined them to chase Umuleri out of the area, the Aguleri
Aguleri
Aguleri is an ancient kingdom in Southeastern Nigeria. Evidence of urbanization can be dated back to 30 BC. It is located in the present Anambra State, with a population of about 300,000.-Villages:...
community would give Umuoba Anam more land to expand their settlement. On the Part of Umuoba Anam, a source said that Umuleri during the course of 1995 "war' shot Nine of their sons; killed one and where treated with disdain by Umuleri when they complained to them about this saying that it is one after the other(meaning that after they the umueri's have finished with Agulueri, it will be the turn of Umoba) . This caused resentment within the Umuoba Community and in retaliation for the killing they joined the crisis.
The crisis was eventually brought to an end by the interference of the federal Government of Olusegun Obasanjo whom personally visited the effected areas and invited the leaders of the three communities to the state house for a meeting.
Infrastructure and government/public buildings
The basic infrastructure of the city was built at a time when the town was the headquarters of Anambra county council and Old Anambra Local Government. Due to crisis and perceived Government Neglects, there is no much improvement in basic infrastructure. The followings are public Infrastructures in Otuocha: The Local Government Secretariat,Divisional PolicePolice
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
Head Office along the Otuocha-Oyeagu Road,the Aguleri Post office,Nipost Umuleri etc.
There are many Schools in Otuocha which Includes:St. Joseph ’s Primary School, Ovuakwu Primary School, Ochei Primary school amongst many others. There are also banks which includes First Bank of Nigeria PlC, Aguleri Community Bank, Umuoba Anam Community Bank and Umuleri Community bank.