Imo river is one of the oldest river in Imo State.

The Imo River (Igbo : Imo) is in southeastern Nigeria and runs 240 kilometres (150 mi) through the Atlantic Ocean. In Akwa Ibom State, the river is recognized as Imoh River, that is, Inyang Imoh, which translates to River of Wealth (Ibibio: Inyang means River or Ocean, and Imoh means Wealth).
Its estuary is around 40 kilometres (25 mi) width, and the river has an annual discharge of 4 cubic kilometres (1.0 cu mi) with 26,000 hectares of wetland. The Otamiri and Oramirukwa the Imo’s tributary Rivers. The Imo was cleared under the British colonial administration of Nigeria in 1907–1908 and 1911; first to Aba and then to Udo near Umuahia.
Imo river from the top of road bridge that lead to Umuahia in Abia state

Ímò Ḿmírí is the spirit of the Imo River which flows between present-day Imo State which is named after the river and Abia State and flows into the Atlantic between a section of Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. She (the spirit) is usually feminine and was associated with the Ibinukpabi oracle or “Long Juju” of Arochukwu clan.
Showing river banks with vegetation and surrounding market building called Malaysian market. 

The deity, or Alusi of the river is the female Imo who communities surrounding the river believe to be the owner of the river. Mmiri in Igbo language means water or rain.
It was the most powerful oracle in southeastern Nigeria during the Atlantic Slave Trade, and she (Ibinukpabi) is considered as its female counterpart.  Ímò Ḿmírí is a widely benevolent fertility spirit. In myth, the Imo is the river that flowed between the Ngwa people of Abia State and their relatives in Imo State creating a permanent cut-off between them.


The deity or alusi of the river is the female Imo who communities surrounding the river believed to be the owner of the river. Mmiri in Igbo language means water or rain. A festival for the Alusi is held annually between May and July. The Imo River features an 830-meter (2,720 ft) bridge at the crossing between Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State.

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