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Okenyi is a town located in the east of Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria. It is home to the Igalas who migrated from Idah to come and settle in the area.

Map of Okenyi, Nigeria

it has a population of about 10 000 inhabitants. they people of Okenyi are farmers, and they engage in subsistence farming, farming basically cassava, maize, yam, and little of beans.They nature of their soil does not allow them to cultivate rice. The political structure has the Onu-okenyi as the paramount ruler, although a reigning chief assume the throne after the death of a former ruling chief

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Okenyi Wikipedia