sentences:  The people are politically active.The first Executive Governor of Imo State, Chief Samuel Onunaka Mbakwe, was born in Nigeria.Other prominent politicians from Obowo include Christ Okewulaonu, Chike Okafor, Sylvester Anyanwu, Longinus Anyanwu, Charles Ugwu, Chika Okafor, Celestine Ngobiwu B.U Nwoko, Kennedy Ibeh, and Ike C. Ibe,
  
  Obowo have a very rich cultural festival, the Iwa-Akwa Festival, which embraces the general Obowo citizen.