Ohafia

Ohafia is an Igbo-speaking town and local government area of the same name in Abia State, southeastern Nigeria. Its ancestral capital is the centrally located village of Elu, while the local government area, which covers the villages of Ohafia town and neighbouring towns such as Abiriba, Nkporo, Amavo and Aro-Ngwa, has its administrative headquarters at Ebem Ohafia. The ancestors of the Ohafia people were renowned as mighty warriors, and that warrior tradition is central to the sense of identity of the people; the knitted leopard cap, called okpu agu in Igbo, is a well known product of Ohafia, and the tradition is embodied in the performance of iri agha. The area is home to the third largest military base in Nigeria, the Goodluck Jonathan Barracks, which houses the headquarters of the 14 Brigade of the Nigerian Army. Ohafia has twenty-six villages and is about 50.1 kilometres from the state capital Umuahia. Trade is a major activity, notably at the Amavo central market, and residents grow yam, cassava, melon and vegetables. Its climate is tropical monsoon.