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Published 9 February 2021
Nestled among the lush green woodland in Owerri’s near south-west, Umuokanne is a town of subsistent farming, rich culture, law-abiding citizenry, and hardscrabble living at the epicentre of Ohaji district in Imo State. It is home to an elite mix of civil servants working at the district office as well as the state secretariat, such as teachers at Umuokanne Comprehensive Secondary School; staff and students of Federal University of Technology Owerri; University of Agriculture Umuagwo; an Anglican diocese. It is complemented by armies of artisans, and a cluster of businesses ranging from retail shops to massive oil palm plantations and mills. Incidentally, over the past 10 years, political mendacity and unfavourable power play combined to hit the town hard.