[3] It is one of the five Local Government Areas that make up the Abia Central Senatorial District.

When the Southern province was further divided, Ikwuano still remained part of the Bende Division.

The present Bende town was the administrative headquarters where the District Commissioner resided.

The District Commissioner, Nwa D.C., as he was known and called held courts at Bende and Oloko.

At this time what was later carved out as Aba Division was part of the Bende Division, under the jurisdiction of Nwa D. C. The present Umuahia township later replaced Bende as the administrative headquarters after the extension of the Nigerian rail line from Port-Harcourt to Enugu between 1915 and 1916.

Ikwuano Local Government Area was among the new local government areas that were created on 27 August 1991 when the General Ibrahim Babangida's Administration created Abia State from the old Imo State.

The demonstration occurred when thousands of women of Igbo origin from Bende, Umuahia, Owerri and other regions in the South East made the trip to Oloko, one of the four principal communities of Ikwuano.

[18] The vegetation of the area is predominantly lowland rainforest, which makes it suitable for growing yam, cassava, maize, cashew and ginger.

The area also hosts a number of markets where a variety of commodities are bought and sold.

Other important economic engagements of the Ikwuano people are hunting, craftsmanship and wood carving.