Ikot Akpatek

Ikot Akpartek is a village in Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. A coastal location it has been proposed as a location to build a Panamax port.

In the past it has been at the center of controversies as the village council has tried to take over some of the historical lands held by some women in the village.[1] It is also the headquarters location of a stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[2] It is also has some Pentecostal Churches. It is also the location of a congregation of the Church of the Nazarene.[3]

Recently it saw the creation of a market with 202 open stalls, that was commissioned by governor Udom Emmanuel at the urging of his wife.[4]

During the period of British rule over Nigeria Keith Arrowsmith a local level British administrator attempted to get locals to construct a road from Ikot Akpatek out to Ikwe and Odio to improve accessibility to the later two communities.[5] This route is being reinforced by the Udom Emmanuel administration with the construction of a road connecting Ndon Eyo to Odio going through Ikot Akpatek.[6]

Sources
  1. "ONNA: IKOT AKPATEK WOMEN DECRY OVER ATTEMPT TO SEIZE THEIR FARM LAND AT EBANG". October 27, 2019.
  2. "Aba Nigeria Temple District | ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org". churchofjesuschristtemples.org.
  3. "Ikot Akpatek Church of the Nazarene Service Times - Onna LGA,". www.joinmychurch.org.
  4. Assiak, Ekerete. "Feyrep-Home". www.feyrep.org.ng.
  5. Keith Arrowsmith. The Changing Scenes of Life: From the Colonial Service to the European Civil Service 2014, Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 174
  6. Wilson, Nkosimma (December 11, 2018). "Nigeria: Infrastructural Development - Udom Emmanuel's Giant Strides". allAfrica.com.

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