Lude Ahiara one of the communities of Ahiara-Ofor Iri and located within the Ahiazu Local Government Area of Mbaise, Imo State.
The proximity of Nkwo Lude to Afor Oru (with a big timber market), Eke Ahiara Junction (in Nnarambia/Ahiara Centre) and its good road connections to other communities places the area in a vantage position for huge economic growth especially with the emerging urban area of Nnarambia with the presence of motor park, Mbaise Catholic cathedral and Imo Polyethnic and local government headquarters at Afor Oru.
The people of the area also embraced early western education that came with the catholic missionaries and had profound impact, with many indigenes of Lude being priests, professors, teachers and civil servants.
Many sons and daughters of Lude have long migrated to others parts of the world in search of greener pasture and businesses with a significant population of them in Cameroon, Ghana, Gabon, Mozambique and United States of America.
It also boast of a Community Health Centre, Catholic church parish, and with modern amenities such as public water supply, electricity and mobile telephone services.