Okpofe

Okpofe is an autonomous community located in Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA, Imo State, Nigeria with common boundaries with Itu, Ezeagbogu, Ihitte and Amumara autonomous communities. The story of Okpofe cannot be complete any day without mention to Late Sydney Ngozi Njoku. He almost single handedly financed the building of Okpofe Secondary School, Okpofe Town Hall, The Okpofe Post Office. He undertook and concluded several human and material developmental projects in Okpofe, Ezihitte and Imo State at large. Mr. Njoku died in 1983 at a very youthful age of 53years.

Villages

Okpofe is made up of 12 villages namely;

• Chukwuoma
• Umuafoeze
• Umuocha
• Umumgbadi
• Okwu

 Okpuala

• Umu Oma
• Umuime
• Umuotrikpo
• Dimukwu
• Umuke
• Okwuaba

Churches

The two largest churches in Okpofe are; Christ the King Catholic Church and St. Marks Anglican Church.

Schools

There is a secondary school (Okpofe Secondary School), three primary schools (Central School aka CKS, Community School, and Group School Okpofe).

Other facilities

Micro-finance bank, Okpofe town hall, health center, post office, etc in Okpofe.

Okpofe Improvement Union

There is an Okpofe Improvement Union (OIU) in the community with branches in: Port Harcourt, Owerri, Aba, Enugu, Lagos, Onitsha, Warri, Calabar, Makurdi, Kaduna, Ibadan, Abuja, Kano, and New York. The OIU Home and Abroad have contributed to the development and improvement of the community. The following are the Age Grades in Okpofe:

• Chikwadoro Age Grade.
• Ugochukwu Age Grade.
• Igwebuike Age Grade.
• Ndiekwoaba Age Grade.
• Ezinwanne Age Grade.
• Ogueri Age Grade.
• Udo-Abia Age Grade.