It was the location of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu's Ahiara Declaration during the Nigerian Civil War.
The first recorded Ahiara contact with the Europeans was around 1905 when the British Aro expedition got mixed up in inter-village war which eventually had Dr.
The great Ezes of Igbo used to travel with Ahiara leaves to guarantee peaceful journeys across several territories.
Before Christianity, which 89 percent of the people practice, traditional religion held sway.
The ten chief priests and chief priestess were the symbol of authority and they occasionally met to deliberate and pass motions which eventually became tradition and laws.