Ojoto Community

About Ojoto Community

The name Ojoto is derived from Ojo and Oto – Ojoto two brothers. One (Ojo) is now a village while the other Oto is a family in Ire, Ojoto. The founder of Ojoto, OGBUA DIJI (renowned farmer) is believed to have migrated from NRI with his two brothers, ALOJUM and ADIKE. ALOJUM the eldest founded ALOR while ADIKE the youngest founded OBOSI. This must have been about five centuries.

Ogbus Diji’s first son IFITE later called EZIEKE, settled in his father’s domain – EZIEKE, while the other sons of his wives moved away from Ezieke to found the six villages of Ojoto. One of the villages EZEMA is believed to have migrated from UKE. Umueke in Ibusa,Igbouzo (Delta state) and Umudim in Nnewi are said to be founded by one of the sons of Ojoto. Ojoto now the headquarters of Idemili South Local Government is divided into two halves by the Idemili River which runs from Oraukwu to the estuary, the River Niger, passing through Alor, Uke, Nnobi, Ojoto, Umuoji, and Obosi.

Ojoto Uno and Obofia each has four villages. The villages comprising Ojoto Uno are Ezieke, Ojo, Ire, and Umuchem. The Obofia villages are Enugo, Ndiabo, Umuezema and Ezema.

Ojoto is bounded on the North by Umuoji, on the East by Uke, on the South by Nnobi, partly Nnewi and Ichi and on the West by Oba. The old Onitsha-Nnobi and Onitsha-Oba-Nnewi roads pass on either side of Ojoto. Ojoto has important road links with these neighboring towns for carrying out commercial, social and cultural activities.