Did You Know That?

“Otu”, the name commonly associated with onitsha & it’s residents traditional means AN AREA NEAR THE RIVER.

From New mkt road to the bank of river Niger is known as Otu. Otu(ogbe-Otu) is also a village in Onitsha Ado

This is where d name ‘Umuotu’ comes from.

Picture from near the niger river in the 1960’s