Okoroji Oti

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MaaziOkoroji Oti was a local chief in Ujari, one of the nineteen villages in Arochukwu, Abia State, Nigeria. He was reputable for being a slave merchant who built the Okoroji House, a historic house in Igboland. [1] Oral history has it that four hundred people were sacrificed to Ibini Ukpabi after his death as the head of the oracle. [2]

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References

  1. Uguru, Okorie (27 June 2015). "Okoroji House Gateway to the past". The Nation News . Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. Ofo. Schools of Art & Social Sciences, College of Education, Nsugbe. 1985.