About Us

We are the Idumuje-Ugboko Development Union (IUDU), UK Branch.

To build a Progressive, Prosperous and an Egalitarian community.

To unify and support all Idumuje-Ugboko indigenes residents in the United Kingdom.
Provide financial support for infrastructure projects in Idumuje-Ugboko.
Preserve and propagate the rich history and socio-cultural heritage of Idumuje-Ugboko.
Liaise and maintain through the National Executive Committee (NEC), a cordial working relationship with other affiliated arms of IUDU .

1960s

The Idumuje-Ugboko Development Union (IUDU) London branch is an independent arm of the wider IUDU.
This branch was founded in the 1960s by the late Mr Obika Chukwuka, the late Prince Eke Patrick Nwoko, the late Mr Chukwuka Omezi and the late Mr Francis Isichei. Initially, the paramount objective was to provide an academic scholarship for intelligent Idumuje-Ugboko sons and daughters who did not have the financial means to further their secondary education.
This visionary and charitable objective scored some early successes. Two sons of Idumuje-Ugboko were successfully seen through their secondary school education by the Union's munificent gift. Sadly, the relocation of the majority of its founding members from the UK to Nigeria did not just stop the entire scholarship project in its tracks, the Union was also mothballed.
1980s to 1990s

A succession of unfortunate incidents in the late 1980s to the early 1990s resulted in the reconstitution of this body by Mr Ben Omezi, Ned Nwoko and Victor Omezi, albeit with a different set of aims and objectives. In consequence, the union was reconstituted in 1996 but was unceremoniously dissolved in 1998. It was briefly refloated in 2001.
2003 to Date

Finally, after a long interval of dormancy, and following a prompt by Chief Akpakwu who was on a visit to the UK, the Union was relaunched on Sunday, June 29, 2003 by Mr Ben Omezi and the late Mr Obika Chukwuka.

Mr Ben Omezi is the current President, and Dr Ben Onwochei, the Patron.