Opobo Opobo
City state
Coordinates: 4°30′41″N 7°32′24″E / 4.51139°N 7.54000°E / 4.51139; 7.54000
Country	Nigeria
State	Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State
Founded by	Jack Jaja Annie Pepple
Government
• Amanyanabo	Dandeson Douglas Jaja V
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Opobo is a Kingdom which consist of Ibani communities in Rivers State and in Akwa Ibom State in the South South region of Nigeria.

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 Kingdom of Bonny. Bonny and Opobo are of the same origin which is Ndoki. Opobo is an Igbo subgroup in Rivers state.Jubo Jubogha an Igbo son from Amaigbo community in Imo state rose from slavery to lead the Anna Pepple chieftaincy house of Bonny ^[3] 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.^[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

• Kenneth Minimah, 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.