Our Mission
Promote welfare of Eke.
We the people of Eke Town of Enugu State, Nigeria resident in the USA and Canada in recognition of our common ancestral, cultural, and civic affinities, and to strengthen, vitalize, purify, and regenerate those affinities for the promotion of our welfare, at home and abroad have come together to form the Abiansi Development Association of Eke.
A Brief History
Eke is one of the most prominent of the twenty-five communities
Eke is one of the most prominent of the twenty-five communities in Udi Local government area of Enugu state. Eke lies about 16Miles west of Enugu and only 3miles from the strategic 9th mile corner which links the town and indeed Enugu to Onitsha, Nsukka, Obollo Afor and parts of Northern Nigeria. Eke is bordered on the east by Ngwo, on the west by Oghe, north by Ebe, south by Nsude and Southwest by Imezi Owa.
The modern day Eke community originated from one of the three children
The modern day Eke community originated from one of the three children of Oshie Anugwu, who lived in the early to mid 12th century AD. He had 2 sons named Nsude and Eke and a daughter named Neke. Nsude, the first son had ten sons. Neke married out and later gave birth to Udi, Abia and Amokwe. As the descendants of Oshie increased in population(at Nsude) it became imperative for Eke, the younger son to venture out in search of suitable place of abode, which he found in a fertile valley north of Uto hill in Nsude, the site of present-day Eke. On account of this consanguinity (relationship by descent from the same ancestor, and not by marriage or affinity), the indigenes of Nsude, Eke and the descendants of Neke do not intermarry to date. To further deepen the relationship, a mutual defense pact was signed by all three Oshie sibling families and so it is an abominable act even to this day for any of the descendants to draw another’s blood.
Eke prospered at his new home and had seven children
Eke prospered at his new home and had seven children, two of whom were killed in boundary wars between the communities of Eke and Ebe. The five surviving sons were: Amofia Eke, Amankwo Eke, Oma Eke, Enugu Eke and Ogui Eke. Their descendants make up the existing five villages of Eke bearing their names.