Eastern Obolo Towns And Villages

Eastern Obolo is a Local Government Area in the coastal south of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, under strong tidal influence from the Bight of Bonny. Its council seat sits at Okoroete. The area covers about 156.5 square kilometres.

The 2006 census counted 60,543 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 76,500. Eastern Obolo holds ten wards, grouped into two clans, Okoroete and Iko.

The people are mostly Obolo, with smaller Ibibio and Igbo communities. Over 65 percent fish for a living; others farm cassava, maize, plantain and coconut. Hon. Samuel Nteogwuijah chairs the council as of 2026.

The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC ward and polling-unit records, the GeoNames and OpenStreetMap gazetteers, and Wikipedia’s ward-center table:

  1. Akpabom
  2. Amadaka
  3. Amangbuzi
  4. Amanglass
  5. Amauka
  6. Atabrikang
  7. Ayama
  8. Bethlehem
  9. Egwenwe
  10. Elekpon
  11. Elile
  12. Emeremen
  13. Emeroke
  14. Iko
  15. Ikonta
  16. Iwofe
  17. Kamkpa
  18. Obianga
  19. Okoroete
  20. Okoroinyong
  21. Okoroiti
  22. Okorombokho
  23. Okorommilom
  24. Okoromobolo
  25. Okwan Obolo
  26. Otunene
  27. Ozuagbo