What is now known as "Mammy Market" in all barracks nationwide, came to be as a result of the industry of Mrs Anthony Ochefu. Thanks to an Idoma local brew called "enyi".

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In 1959, Mammy Ode, a young girl from Jericho-Ugboju in the present Otukpo LGA of Benue State was married to Anthony Aboki Ochefu, a young Non-Commissioned military officer who had just been posted to Enugu from Abeokuta. They were quartered at the Army Barracks, Abakpa, Enugu.
To beat idleness & perhaps earn some money to support her young family, Mrs. Mammy Ochefu established a business of selling soft drinks. She also prepared gruel, which is popularly called & #39;Umu or enyi& #39; in Idoma, or kunu in Hausa, for sale to the soldiers in the barrack
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