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Matthew Onyije (talk) 15:31, 7 June 2019 (UTC)                              'OBOBURU COMMUNITY IN OGBA EGBEMA NDONI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA (ONELGA)OF RIVERS STATE NIGERIA' Oboburu is an acient pottery and ceramic community that came into existence in about 1700 AD after the migration of Akalaka from Benin empire in about 1600AD. (Ellah 1995) The progenitor, Akalaka left the empire with his sons Ogba and Ekpeye to escape the wrath of the raging king who lost his son through mystirous circumstances. The founder of Oboburu village then was King Akpa and Elleh. King Akpa delegated some duties to subsequent settlers.

GEOGRAPHY

Oboburu community is in the South West of Egi group in ONELGA (2014). It is bordered in the North by Obagi community and in the East by Akabuka community and in the south by Ubarama in Ahoada West Local Government Area. Oboburu community has border in the West with Biseni community in Bayelsa State. Climate Oboburu is a predominantly low land with rain fall starting as early as February. The rain becomes heavy in June and break in early August and then resume in late August to finally recede at the end of October. Terrain The land surface of Oboburu is mainly fresh water swamps. As it is in the lower Niger, it contains lot of clay and it is susceptible to flooding. Oboburu land spread to as far as Biseni Forest and Orashi River.  ECONOMY''' Commercial Activities:''' 1) Production of ceramic wares- both modern and traditional wares . 2) Farm produce 3) Fishing 4) Basket weaving 5) Palm produce 6) Timber production etc.

Natural Resources Oboburu community is famous for the vast deposit of natural clay that covers over 13sq miles. It has huge deposit of crude oil and gas that is part of OML 58 area of Total Exploration and Production.Oboburu community is one of the major host communities to Total exploration/production and Agip, a subsidiary of ENI group in Italy. Agriculture Oboburu Community is the food basket of ONELGA because of the vast arable land for farming different crops such as, cassava, yam, plantain, banana, fruits, etc. Oboburu arable land spread to Biseni Forest (2017) near Orashi River.

PROMINENT PERSONS OF OBOBURU ARE:''' Elder Matthew L.Onyije (2013, 2018),Shedrack Chukwu (2017), Dr. O. Agi Otto (2019), Clever Dibia (2013).

References

1) F. Ellah (1995)A history of Ogba People 2) 5) Agriculture Science and Technology Journal vol.1, April (2014). 6) Dr. Obodoegbulam Agi Otto (2019) The History of Ogba culture and Religion. 7) International Journal of Advanced Academic Research (2017) Vol3, Issue9 ISSN; 2488-9849 8) 9) Dibia, Clever Sunday (2013) A history of Oboburu Community. 10) 11) . 12