Agwuakpu is a female deity located in Umuomam village,Osumenyi-Nnewi South LGA, Anambra state. It serves as a protection to Umuomam people with their Nwadialas during the civil war.A tower was erected with mud sand to this regards where children from this village were kept inside it for protection.There's no form of harm that was melted on these children and all the umuomam men that went for civil war came back safe because they are under the protection of Agwuakpu.
A competitive & Prestigious Dance "Egwuatu" won laurels for Ndi Umuomam in every Competitive/challenging dance with different communities within and outside Anambra state these are miracluos deeds of Agwuakpu in the olden days.
Speaking with her New Chief Priest Hon.Onyeka Onukwuzie; its annual New yam festival take place every 16th Sept.This is a day men from all walks of life will be in attendance. Umuomam people together with their Nwadialas with Osumenyi indigenes gathered to celebrate this day.
He noted that this year's Own is remarkable and further said that on mid January that he travelled miles away from the community to buy a yam that will be used for farming from another community, that when he comes back that he took it to Agwuakpu and challenge her to prove to people most especially Ndi Osumenyi through that yam that what she is doing is for Good. During Harvesting that she perfected it.
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