Ibagwa-Aka

Ibagwa-Aka is a community located North of the great University of Nigeria, Nsukka. It is the Local Government Headquarters of Igbo Eze South Local Government of Enugu State, Nigeria. It is a heavily populated community, having developed much earlier than the surrounding communities. It is more a near metropolitan in rural setting having enjoyed basic amenities like pipe-bone water, moderate health facilities, schools, churches etc. Ibagwa Aka is a predominantly Christian community, made up of three semi-autonomous villages called quarters: Namely; Amebo, Ezema, and Echara. Each of these quarters is made up of several villages. Each of the villages is headed by an Onyishi being the eldest man from the village.

At present, it boasts of educational institutions like Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, Ibagwa Boys Secondary School, Ibagwa Girls Secondary School, St. Andrew's Secondary School and several primary schools. It is the economic emporium of Igbo-Eze Region, with its flamboyant Nkwo market. The Nupes who are great merchants selling horses migrated from Bida, Niger state in 1899 to settle in a place called Tikpalagi, Ntakko and Ngbagmaji all in Amebo.

 Ibagwa aka was an accient village making up of warriors clan head by onyishi( the eldest Man in The clan) how the name ibagwa aka come to be is now a forget stories of the old,

Ibagwa aka is headed by paramount ruler called Eze-Ibagwa. Today this Royal seat is occupied by His Royal Highness Eze Hyacinth Eze.