Opobo
Opobo is an Ijaw-creole-speaking community in Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
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Opobo
Opobo | |
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| Coordinates: 4°30′41″N 7°32′24″E / 4.51139°N 7.54000°E | |
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Opobo Kingdom is made up of 67 War Canoe Houses that are grouped into 14 sections ("polos"). The Fourteen sections are Adibie, Biriye, Diepiri, Dapu, Dappa Ye Amakiri, Epelle and Fubarakworo. Others are Iroanya, Jaja, Kala-omuso, Ukonuwariapu, Kiepirima, Owujie and Tolofari.[1][2]
History
Opobo is located to the east of the
civil war in Bonny between his followers and those of Chief Oko Jumbo, the leader of the rival Manilla Pepple chieftaincy family.[4][5]
The king named his new state after Amanyanabo Opubo "Pepple" Perekule the Great, a Pepple king in Bonny that had reigned there from 1792 to 1830.
Notable people
- CFR, a Nigerian infantry soldier and the former Nigerian Army Chief of Army Staff
- Atedo Peterside, CON, a Nigerian entrepreneur, investment banker and economist.
- Dakuku Peterside, former Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA.
- Adawari Pepple, businessman, and former senator.
- Amaopusenibo Sim Fubara His Excellency, The Executive Governor of Rivers State.
Notes
References
- ^ "Ikot Abasi". Encyclopædia Britannica. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "About Opobo". Opoboregatta.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "General Minimah, his Opobo ancestry and the burden of history, By Eric Teniola | Premium Times Nigeria". February 21, 2014.
- ISBN 0-85255-918-6.
- ^ "The Izon of the Niger Delta by Onyoma Research Publications - Ebook | Scribd" – via www.scribd.com.
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
- "Pictures of Ikot Abasi". Picsearch. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
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