Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital Main Entrance

Irrua is a town in

Edo state Edo State, Edo, officially known as Edo State, is a States of Nigeria, state in the South South, South-South Geopolitical zones of Nigeria, geopolitical zone of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. As of 2024, the state was ranked as the List of Ni ...

and the administrative seat of the

Esan Central Esan Central Local Government Area is a Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. Its administrative headquarters is located in the town of Irrua. The postal code of the area is 310. It has an area of 253 km2 and a population density of ...

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ...

Edo State Edo State, Edo, officially known as Edo State, is a States of Nigeria, state in the South South, South-South Geopolitical zones of Nigeria, geopolitical zone of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. As of 2024, the state was ranked as the List of Ni ...

Nigeria. Irrua was established by decree 92 of 1993 (Appendix I) to provide tertiary services to people of

and beyond.

History

It came to have this name on the arrival of the ruling house. Before this time, there were primitive settlements of Akho and the quarter today marked by Idunekhakpozi. The proud assertive

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from

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settled in Eguare, close to the people they found. The domineering attitude of these strangers coupled with the inherent desire to please the newcomers on the part of the aboriginal settlers, made these first settlers move forward tody pe Opoji, leaving a handful of the more virile and stubborn type which is still represented today by Idunekhakpozi. Remnants of these people have almost been swallowed up by Uwenujie Eguare, but identifiable are the late Eranga Irabo, Akhidue, father of Egbele the

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tapper, Aboiralo and Ijiekhumen now in Idumebo. Irrua was known to be Irriowa, it was now changed when they found home and where they are satisfied to Iriuwa and much later Uruwa, and later had its final metamorphosis when the white men dealt it a final blow, reducing it to Irrua.

Religion

Irrua has three major religions: Ebor;

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

; and

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.Christianity being the predominant religion. Islam was introduced in the early 20th century.

Notable residents

Augustus Aikhomu Augustus Akhabue Aikhomu (20 October 1939 – 17 August 2011) was an Admiral in the Nigerian Navy, who served as the '' de facto'' Vice President of Nigeria under military head of state General Ibrahim Babangida from 1986 to 1993. Early life H ...

* Christopher Okojie * Sunny Okosun * Monday Okpebholo

References

Populated places in Edo State {{EdoNG-geo-stub

History

Religion

Notable residents

See also

References