| King Jaja of Opobo | |||||
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| Amanyanabo | |||||
 King Jaja of Opobo, Opobo | |||||
| Reign | 25 December 1870–September 1887 | ||||
| Coronation | 25 December 1870 | ||||
| Predecessor | No Predecessor | ||||
| Successor | King Sunday Jaja (Jeki II) | ||||
| Born | c. 1821 Umuduruoha, Amaigbo, present-day Imo State | ||||
| Died | c. 1891 Tenerife, Spain | ||||
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| House | Sam Annie-Pepple | ||||
| Dynasty | Jaja | ||||
King Jaja of Opobo (full name: Jubo Jubogha; c. 1821–1891) was the founder and first king (amanyanabo) of the Opobo Kingdom in present-day Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria. Originally belonging to the Igbo ethnicity,[1][2] he was initiated into the Ijaw people during his time in Bonny.
- ^ K. Onwuka Dike (1966). Trade and politics in the Niger Delta, 1830-1885: an introduction to the economic and political history of Nigeria.
- ^ Crow, Hugh (1830). Memoirs of the late Captain Hugh Crow of Liverpool : comprising a narrative of his life together with descriptive sketches of the western coast of Africa, particularly of Bonny; the manners and customs of the inhabitants, the productions of the soil, and the trade of the country. Smithsonian Libraries. London ; Liverpool : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green : And G. and J. Robinson.