Acholonu

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title: "Acholonu" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["igbo-names", "igbo-language-surnames"] topic_path: "general/igbo-names" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acholonu" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

Acholonu is a family name that belongs to the ruling dynasty in Orlu, Imo state, Nigeria.

Notable people bearing the name

• Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014), Nigerian author, professor and presidential adviser to former president Obasanjo
• D. D. Acholonu (born 1980), Canadian football player
• Emmanuel Acholonu, former Nigerian naval commander and Military Administrator of Katsina State
• Pats Acholonu (1936–2006), former supreme court justice of Nigeria

References

References

1. Okemezie, Okems. (1990). "More Than Five Decades of Reign: Eze Patrick Ibeakamma Acholonu (Igwe X of Orlu)". Goddom.

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