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About Akweya People by naija366(f): 6:52am On Jul 17, 2014
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The Akweya people are the inhabitants of the Akpa District in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State of Nigeria. The people call themselves Akweya (sons of Akwu) while the non-indigenes call them Akpa, a distortion of the word meaning people from Apa.

Akpa has been the name officially used by the government since 1950 to date. The two generic names can be used interchangeably to mean the people, the language and their land.

The district has a common border with the Otukpo district in the north, Oglewu in Ohimini in the northwest, Edumoga in Okpokwu to the west, Obi-Ito-Igede to the east and the Ufia-Utonkon in Ado, to the south. Akweya territory is a level land which is only dotted in some areas with hills around Odonto-Adim, Ilo, Angbo, Otobi, Egbla, and Atito-Adankari.

The two main vegetations are the deciduous rain forest belt that clothe the River Ohmenyi (R. Okpokwu) and the River Ogbadibo, which is the main tributary. The forest is flanked on the east and west banks by large expanse of guinea savannah grassland.

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Re: About Akweya People by Enemlove(m): 8:53am On Oct 29, 2021
They are friendly people, some of them are in Cross River state and bears the name Yatche over there while their kin in Benue State bears Akpa or Akweya. Very interesting.

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