[1][2][3] 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.
The Oboro speak a common language with the other 17 clans of the Bende Division though dialectal variations exist.
Thus, Ekebedi say that they came originally from the Ntalakwu villages of Itu in Bende Ofufa near the Ikot Ekpene boundary.
Ogbuebulle say that their ancestors originated from Idima Abam and settled at Amaoba, an Oboro village and that in the course of time a dispute arose.
History has it that two brothers; Ebuta and Otogu from Ubibia in Itumbauzo migrated to Oronta in the 17th century to establish a new settlement.
Okwe arrived Oboro from Ukwa Nkasi of the Aro area, headed by a man from Akpakara compound.
[5] Naturally, Oboro is divided into eight units of communities known as Oboro Isiama Asato, namely: Mbiopong, Ikwueke (Ntalakwu, Ahuwa and Umuigu), Ekweri, Ogbuebulle, Amaoba, Ndoro, Okwe, Awom Na Ebo (Amawom, Umugbalu, Umuariaga, Umuokwo and Amanya).
They had a market called Ahia Afor in which they held meetings and took final decisions on every matter affecting Oboro as a whole.
Nnono communities speak a similar dialect with the Ngwa, while other villages in Oboro do so with the Bende people.
Ofe Achara with Akpuruakpu Elile alongside Eba is a dish that is well consumed by the Oboro people.
Ahuwa, Ntalakwu and Umuigu are the group of communities that constitute Ikwueke; a kindred of the Oboro clan.