Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder which has emerged as a health challenge globally due to its insidious on set, late recognition and complications. The present study was aimed at evaluation of acute phase inflammatory proteins in Owerri. Cross Sectional Studies was conducted at Federal Medical Center and Imo State specialist Hospital, Owerri. A total of three hundred subjects which include each one hundred and fifty type 2 diabetics and apparently control subjects between the ages forty and sixty nine years were recruited. Ten millimeters of venous blood was aseptically collected from the subjects. Spectrophotometric, nephlometric, enzyme immunoassay were used for determination of these parameters. The data was analyzed using statistical package for social science 20.0. Test with a probability value of P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Result from acute phase inflammatory proteins showed that the mean value of c-reactive protein alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, alpha1-antitrypsin, haptoglobin and ceruloplasmin in type 2 diabetics (5.21± 0.91mg/l, 99.34±17.84mg/dl, 152.32 ± 26.69, 154.03±7.75mg/dl, 47.83 ± 6.20mg/dl) were higher which was statistically significant (P=0.001) when compared with the control subjects (3.14± 0.80mg/l,76.86 ± 12.41mg/dl, 114.94±16.11mg/dl, 132.80 ± 79mg/dl, 34.47 ± 3.75mg/dl). There was statistically significant progressive decrease (P=0.04) in c-reactive protein (5.50 ± 0.98, 5.08 ± 0.84, 5.0 4± 0.83mg/l );significant increase (P =0.001) in haptoglobin (149.40 ± 7.78, 155.96 ± 7.93, 157.84 ± 6.12mg/dl) and ceruloplasmin (45.54 ± 6.84, 46.92 ± 5.79, 51.44 ± 6.12mg/dl).The mean value alpha1-acid glycoprotein in female type 2 diabetics was statistically significantly higher (P=0.001) when compared to male (10.912± 17.29 v 89.55± 0.19mg/dl) .