About Ututu People

Ututu people are a group of people inhabiting Ututu Clan in Arochukwu L. G A. of Abia State. The original boundaries of Ututu are - in the east by the Cross River and Isu Clan, in the South by Enyong and Itu Rivers / Creeks, in the North by Ihechiowa Clan and in the West by Arochukwu Clan and Nkana River / Iwerre Clan.

The geographical area known as Ututu described above is named after the founder of the Clan Mazi Otutu Ezema.

It is perhaps Dr. C. O. Okoreaffia, a renowned anthropologist that best describes the stratification of Ututu Villages. According to him, Ututu is an autonomous community of 19 Villages. These Villages are zoned into four anthropological groupings, which have stood the test of settlement stratification from the very beginning of the Ututu settlement. The zones are in alphabetical order:

Zone One: Ututu Akasi: made up of 5 villages, namely;

            1. Amakofia

2. Eziama

3. Obijoma

4. Ohomja

5.Ugwuogo

Zone Two: Ututu Eleoha: made up of 6 villages, namely;

1. Amasa

2. Amaeke

             3. Amankwu

4. Amodu

5. Nkpakpi

6. Obiagwulu

Zone Three: Ututu Umunna Isii made up of 4 villages, namely;

1. Amaebem

2. Obiakang

             3. Obialuoko

4. Ukwuakwu

Zone Four: Ututu Umu Ugwuonyiri made up of 4 villages namely;

1. Abuma.

2. Amaetiti

3. Obiene

4. Ubila


                                                                           C. O. OKOREAFFIA  PH.D

    23.2.1959