The story of Umuida Community in Igbo Eze North Local Government area of Enugu state is never complete without the mention of a certain mentally challenged man named Johnson Otagba.

Mr Otagba who hails from Iñere village has continued to occupy a special spot in the history of the community having turned out to be the first person to kickstart the project of building a storey building in the community.

The dreadlock-wearing man who started the construction of his house which turned out to be the first storey building in the community in the 80s, according to findings.

The visibly and mentally challenged man also known Kpekwure by locals, sources revealed, singlehandedly sourced for the building materials of his house and prosecuted the job himself without involving the services of engineers and mason workers despite his mental state.

When a team of Oceanicnews reporters visited him at his residence, he was seen cohabiting with a fellow mentally challenged woman. Though he wasn’t hostile, the landlord and owner of a storey building acknowledged greetings reporters from the first floor of his dangerously bent building showed no interest in responding to posers from his uninvited visitors.

Sources in the village revealed that it has been a tradition for Mr Johnson to pick fellow mentally challenged women at the market and bring them home for cohabitation.

When Oceanicnews correspondent visited, his house which has remained uncompleted for ages was seen standing with funny architectural designs.
The ground floor has broken mirrors and glasses fitted on the wall.

Residents expressed regret that a man who has the attributes of a genius got afflicted with mental health at the earliest stage of his life this depriving the village of tapping from the obvious potentials of Mr Otagba. Stressing further, they said that it has remained a mystery to people, how a man in a mentally challenged state could come up with the thought of building not just a house, but a storey building and still went ahead to ensure his dreams came to pass. They however expressed shock that the derkins of the two storey building has continued to withstand the test of time while some projects done by certified engineers are reportedly collapsing.


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Great news from across the river.
Despite mental illness he still accomplished his dreams, while some people decide to live in bushes like animals. Committing crimes every where. Their slaves keeps shouting developers up and down.

BlackfireX:
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Fake news ...

Be calming down!!

Akaegwu:
Great news from across the river.

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Strange...

JARUSHUB:
Strange...

Exactly

Typical of a mentally challenged man

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what a funny house. See how it has already bended at the top

What a genius! Imagine if he is mentally okay. Ogaghi adiri onye mere nwoke a ife a nma! This mad man is a very big odogwu!

Maybe you mean in Umuida community of IgboEze local government, not Enugu as a whole state.

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This your watermark is too much and is blocking the details of the photo you are sharing. It is irritating. Why not just reduce the size.

SUPERPACK:
This your watermark is too much and is blocking the details of the photo you are sharing. It is irritating. Why not just reduce the size.

I think say na only me see am sef

SUPERPACK:
This your watermark is too much and is blocking the details of the photo you are sharing. It is irritating. Why not just reduce the size.

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Now.. that's African Magic

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tobidipity:

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CowHard:
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If that was actually the building, his umunna, kinsmen need to hold an emergency meeting , then come back with local government bulldozer and pull that thing down. That building is a death trap and as risky as walking inside a mine field.

The Eastern mad man is smarter than some...

Let me hold it there.

Was it after building it he ran mad or he was already mad before?

Impressive

nice—most madmen are far mentally smarter than an average Nigerian

If they were in an enabling environment they would be like Einstein,Hawkins

But OP your watermark too much na

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News indeed

theFilmtric:
nice—most madmen are far mentally smarter than an average Nigerian

If they were in an enabling environment they would be like Einstein,Hawkins

But OP your watermark too much na

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The OP is still a learner

You spoiled the pictures with inconsistent watermark

I am from umuida community, same place with the mad man so i cn tell you the only mistake from the news is that the man is from umuaji and not inere . Umuida give birth to umuonu, nkpor, inere, umuadaogwa, and umuaji . I got to know the mad man since my primary school at inere. He is also perfect and one of the best when it come to making local basket (abo, nkata, and co). Inere has a market square (nkwo ida), thats were the man normally stay, maybe that why they said he is frm inere

That's one storey with pent-house. Abeg give the building engineer all the deserved credits.

Op sef dey compete with the man, biggest watermark by a blogger...