Opobo

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.

History

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. Jubo Jubogha rose from slavery to lead the Anna Pepple chieftaincy house of Bonny. 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.

Rulers

The rulers of Opobo were:

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

Notes

References

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.

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