Oboro (Nigeria)
Oboro | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 70,407 (1921) | |
| Languages | |
| Oboro Igbo, English, Nigerian Pidgin | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (majority methodist) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ibere, Ibeku, Ngwa, Asa, Ndoki, Bende, Abam, Aro, Itumbauzo, Ibibio |
Oboro is the largest of four clans in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria. It is bounded to the north by Ibeku and Bende clans, west by the Olokoro and Ngwa, east by Ibere and south by the Isuogu (Ariam/Usaka and Oloko). Oboro was classified in the Ohuhu-Ngwa cluster of the Southern Igbo area by British anthropologists Forde and Jones. It is also one of 18 Igbo clans in the Old Bende Division of the defunct Owerri Province. The Oboro speak a common language with the other 17 clans of the Bende Division though dialectal variations exist. These clans share a history of inter-ethnic relations.