Ndoki also known as Ọkwa[1] are a tribe of Igbo people that are located at the hinterland of Igboland and coastal region of Bonny and Opobo.
[13] There are Ndoki villages in Etim Ekpo local government area of Akwa Ibom State, they include Mkpukpuaja, Ogbuagu and Ohaobu.
These include Umuagbai, Mgboji, Ayama, Obunku, Umosi, Obeakpu, Azuogu, Egberu, Afamnta, Afamukwu, Okoloma, Obete, Okpontu, and Marihu.
In Abia State, they include Akwete, Ohanso, Ohambele, Ohanku, Obohia, Ohuru, Akirika, Akirikaobu, Abaki, Mkpukpuowha, Obozu, Umuogo, Azumini, Eti, Mkpuajakere, Ubaku, Ohandu, and Umuibe.
[7] During the Scramble for Africa, most of Ndoki clans were major routes for slave trade and later palm oil and rubber.
[15] Following the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade by the British, Ndoki served primary as a palm oil depot.
[16] With the trading activities in Ndoki, the Akwete cloth rose to prominence and with its Rivers neighbours patronising them in huge quantities.