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Abuloma (Obulom) is an ancient tribe of people with a heterogeneous language and a complex ancestral history tied to the West African ancient dynasties. In ancient times, they practiced farming, fishing, divinity bone-setting and warrior wrestling as their occupation. Current historical findings have traced the Abuloma tribe (Obulom speaking) back in time, as far back as the 10th century and beyond, during the trans-atlantic, Niger-Congo migration through to the ancient Benin civilization to the Ijo Kingdom through to the Degema District, Abuloma district in Port Harcourt LGA.

The Abuloma tribe speak a distinguished variant of one of the Niger-Congo dialects known as Obulom, culled from the name of the founding father of Abuloma: Obulom.

Obulom migrated with his distant relatives but settled exclusively with his close relatives in a location he named "Obomuotu" where he and his kinsmen culturally practiced shifting-cultivation farming. While the women practised fishing along the "ogululu" (creeks) inhabited by distant relatives. Obulom in his conquest co-founded a small part of an Island called Ogu. While Kirike found kirike town alongside Oputebeya and Opugulaya of Ogoloma town.

Although it is believed by the Obulom-speaking relatives that the word "Obomuotu" may have been proverbial to the encounters the Abulomans had had as a result of camp huts destroyed, when they had left their fallow farm lands for a long period of time, to allow the soil be replenished with natural nutrients and returned later to continue their planting culture.

However, "Obomuotu" means "broken house" from the ancient abuloma dialect or "salt house" and/or "weed die house". It is located at the current day Port Harcourt old Town, stretching through to the "Ogululu" (creeks) around borikiri area. Other meanings of "Obomuotu" is derived from closely related dialects as follows: "fallow area" by the bukuma tribe.

Series of barbaric wars broke out. This engaged the Abuloma people and they soughted for safer haven and relocated their families from "Obomuotu" settlement to a new settlement they called "Okein-Oodo" (Old community), located at current day Rainbow town, Port Harcourt, were Obulom passed on and was buried. Although his burial rites lead to a dispute between his children and some migrated in fear, to settle at Ikwerrengwo in present day Etche LGA of Rivers State. While the others moved to the current location and founded new communities within Trans-Amadi industrial Area, Amadi creek and beyond it. Some of the communities formed includes: Ejuan in Trans-Amadi, Ogbologbo, Kirikidein, Igiatulo near Kalio, Ede-Okia near Okuru, Inu in Trans-Amadi, Iyalla island near marine base etc. While they continued their fishing,farming, bone-setting and warrior wrestling hobby while co-existing with their Oginiba, Di'obu, Umu-masi boundary neighbors and ogoloma emigrants.

The Abuloma people were highly skilled in counter-trench wars and hunting. They had also played a major role in the creation of Port Harcourt. This is recorded in the 1913 agreement to enable a railway to be built from the hinterland lands through to Enugu Coal mine.