Okene

Okene is a Local Government Area and city in Kogi State, Nigeria based at the town of Okene on the A2 highway.

The LGA has an area of 328 km² and a population of 320,260 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 264.

The predominant people are the Ebira of central Nigeria and the Yoruba; the local languages are Ebira and Yoruba

People

Okene is the birthplace of American Hockey League player and National Hockey League prospect Akim Aliu. It is also a home to Dr. Ibrahim Salau, a world-class aviation engineer. As an aviation engineer, Dr. Salau has worked for such aviation and related industries as B/E Aerospace in Jacksonville, Florida; Delta Airlines in Atlanta Georgia; Sikorski Aircraft in Connecticut, Atlas Air in New York and now Bombardier Aerospace in Montreal Canada. While in this position he has worked on Boeing 727, B737, B757, B767, B777, Blackhawk and Seahawk helicopters as well as the Bombardier all new CSeries aircraft. Another prominent Nigerian that hails from Okene is Engineer Joseph Makoju, the former managing director of the power Holding Company of Nigeria and currently the Honorary Adviser to Mr. President on Electric Power and the Honorary Adviser to the President/CEO Dangote Group on Strategies.