James Oligolu (known as Papa Asaba). He was a school headmaster, Schools Inspector and Catechist at St Odilia’s Parish in Ojoto Unoh. He was the translator and interpreter at Mass, and he made it possible for the congregation to know what the white priests said during Mass. He was the man who gave birth to two geniuses, Pius Okigbo, the renowned economist, and Christopher Okigbo, the poet.

Patrick Ezeafulukwe Okigbo. He was the younger brother to James Oligolu Okigbo, whom he respected and adored. Eze Okigbo sent him to CMS School in Obosi, and he later became a very successful carpenter, rising to the rank of Foreman in the Public Works Department of the colonial government. Later in life, he became a successful timber dealer. He developed an interest in agriculture and cooperatives, and he had the first cocoa and cashew plants in Ojoto.