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Ogbadibo

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Ogbadibo
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Country Nigeria
StateBenue State
Local Government HeadquartersOtukpa
Government
 • Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government CouncilHon. Prince Samuel Odoh Onuh
Area
 • Total
193.3 sq mi (500.6 km2)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total
189,100
 • Density980/sq mi (380/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
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Ogbadibo is a Local Government Area of Benue State, North Central, Nigeria. It has three districts namely: Orokam, Owukpa, and Otukpa. The Local Government's headquarters is located in Otukpa Town.

It has an area of 598 km2 and a population of 128,707 as at the 2006 census.

Prominent Nigerians from Ogbadibo

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Former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Farmer Playwright Politician Audu Ogbeh Audu Ogbeh.

Chief Steven Lawani Former Deputy Governor of Benue State Politician Industrialist Steven Lawani Also, Honourable Ebenezer Ameh Odoh (OON), the First Idoma born to represent the Idoma North in the parliament.He was part of the Parliament in the First and Second Republic in Nigeria.

Major General Chris Abutu Garuba Soldier Former Governor of Bauchi State and Chief Military Observer United Nations Angola Verification Mission II Chris Abutu Garuba.

Former Minister of State for Education and novelist Jerry Agada. [1]

Dr Paul Enenche, Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre. [2]

The postal code of the area is 973.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Benue State: Subdivision". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  2. ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.