Jaja of Opobo

This article is about the 19th-century West African king. For the VoIP provider, see Jajah.

King Jaja of Opobo
Amanyanabo
King Jaja of Opobo, Opobo
Reign25 December 1870–September 1887
Coronation25 December 1870
PredecessorNo predecessor
SuccessorKing Sunday Jaja (Jeki II)
Bornc. 1821
Umuduruoha, Amaigbo, present-day Imo State
Diedc. 1891
Tenerife, Spain
Burial
Opobo
Names
Jubo Jubogha "Jaja"
HouseOpobu Annie-Pepple
DynastyJaja

King Jaja of Opobo (full name: Ozurumba Mbanaso / 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, he was ritually adopted into the Ijaw one.

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