Opobo
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| Country | File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria |
| State | Rivers State |
| Founded by | Jaja of Opobo |
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| • Amanyanabo | Dandeson Douglas Jaja V |
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| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
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Opobo is a community, and former city-state, in Rivers state, South South region of Nigeria.
Opobo is divided into 14 sections ("polo"), made up of 67 war canoe houses. The 14 sections are Adibie, Biriye, Diepiri, Dapu, Dappa Ye Amakiri, Epelle, Fubarakworo, Iroanya, Jaja, Kalaomuso, Ukonu, Kiepirima, Owujie, and Tolofari.[1][2]
History
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Opobo is located to the east of the Kingdom of Bonny. Bonny and Opobo are of the same origin, both associated with the Ndoki people.[a][3] Jubo Jubogha rose from slavery to lead the Anna Pepple chieftaincy house of Bonny.[4] In 1870, Jubo first arrived in what is now Opobo, having moved there due to a civil war in Bonny between his followers and those of Chief Oko Jumbo, the leader of the rival Manilla Pepple chieftaincy family.[5][6]
Rulers
The rulers of Opobo were:[7]
| Start | End | Ruler |
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| 25 December 1870 | September 1887 | Jubo Jubogha "Jaja I" (b. 1821 - d. 1891) |
| September 1887 | 1891 | Perekule (chairman Council of Chiefs) |
| 1891 | 1893 | "Cookey Gam" (political agent) |
| 1893 | 12 October 1915 | Obiesigha Jaja II (Frederick Sunday) |
| 1916 | 1936 | Dipiri (Arthur Mac Pepple) |
| 1936 | 1942 | Sodienye Jaja III (1st time) (Douglas Mac Pepple) (d. 1980) |
| 1942 | 1946 | Stephen Ubogu Jaja IV (acting) |
| 1952 | 31 July 1980 | Sodienye Jaja III (2nd time) (Douglas Mac Pepple) |
| 1980 | 2002 | Vacant |
| 1 October 2004 | 14 June 2025 | King Dandeson Douglas Jaja V (b. 1947) |
Notable people
- Kenneth Minimah, CFR, Nigerian infantry soldier and former Nigerian Army Chief of Army Staff
- Adawari Pepple, businessman, and former senator
- Atedo Peterside, CON, Nigerian entrepreneur, investment banker and economist
Gallery
- Opobo Kingdom Masquerades (Ówú)
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Owu Ibiapu Fongu -
Owu Okonko -
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Owu Egbelegbe
- Sounds from Opobo
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Ngelenge Sound ( Xylophone) beat -
Ekere fari
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Okonko drum beat
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Owu masquerades chants
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Ngunume
Notes
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ikot Abasi". Encyclopædia Britannica. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About Opobo". Opoboregatta.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."See the most dreadful masquerade in Opobo land - Opera News".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."General Minimah, his Opobo ancestry and the burden of history, By Eric Teniola | Premium Times Nigeria". Premium Times. 21 February 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.G. I. Jones (2001). The trading states of the oil rivers: a study of political development in Eastern Nigeria. James Currey Publishers. p. 15ff. ISBN 0-85255-918-6.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Izon of the Niger Delta by Onyoma Research Publications - Ebook | Scribd". Archived from the original on 6 September 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2022 – via www.scribd.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Traditional States of Nigeria". World Statesmen. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
Further reading
- Burns, Alan. History of Nigeria, George Allen & Unwin, 1929.
- Dike, Kenneth O. Trade and Politics in the Niger Delta, 1830-1885, Oxford University Press, 1956.
- Annang Heritage Preservation, article on Annang
- Britannica article on Ikot Abasi
- Nair, Kannan K. (1972). Politics and Society in South Eastern Nigeria 1841-1906, Frank Cass, London.
External links
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pictures of Ikot Abasi". Picsearch. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
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