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Oji River town hosts one of only four sites nationally, for the
Recruitment and training at police cadets in a Police College in Oji River, which also offered training to other security personnel, such as armed immigration officers. The
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rehabilitation settlements in the south-east, bordering
Anambra state. It had been originally set up by English missionary churches in the 1930s in Nigeria. In 1944, the then Governor of Nigeria Sir
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site on overhead cable buckets 50 km away. After the
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in Oji River in Enugu state, Nigeria, is one of the small satellite power stations built in the South-East of
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Atilogu dancer - Igbo Tribe - Oji River - Enugu State - Nigeria
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