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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by chesterlee(m): 6:51pm On Jul 26, 2015
duni04:
I stopped reading after I saw he was born in IMO. This piece is a blatant distortion of history by those South eastern fanatics that always want to ascribe all the glory in Nigeria to themselves. Jaja of opobo was an indigen of one of the delta tribes. Any attempt by our "Nigeria Jews" to selfishly distort history will be flatly resisted.

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by tsdarkside(m): 6:52pm On Jul 26, 2015
duni04:
I stopped reading after I saw he was born in IMO. This piece is a blatant distortion of history by those South eastern fanatics that always want to ascribe all the glory in Nigeria to themselves. Jaja of opobo was an indigen of one of the delta tribes. Any attempt by our "Nigeria Jews" to selfishly distort history will be flatly resisted.

let them...they are strange-people..anytime an ijaw,ibibio,urhobo will turn igbo over night....very strange people they are,indeed............
Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by Nobody: 6:55pm On Jul 26, 2015
duni04:
I stopped reading after I saw he was born in IMO. This piece is a blatant distortion of history by those South eastern fanatics that always want to ascribe all the glory in Nigeria to themselves. Jaja of opobo was an indigen of one of the delta tribes. Any attempt by our "Nigeria Jews" to selfishly distort history will be flatly resisted.
. Meaning u dont knw history. There's nothing like taking glory ask your grand father or ask anybody from Opobo Land. Hé was born and still remain an igbo man. So learn history and stop hating on igbo. Merci.

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by deltateam: 6:56pm On Jul 26, 2015
Taylor86:
long live nigeria

long live niger delta

long live rivers state

long live Opopo

long live Nyesome Wike

for naming rivers state polytechnics on behalf of JAJA

Those British wiicked souls killed him, To hell with Britain.

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by bigass123(m): 6:59pm On Jul 26, 2015
We are in a generation where there too many stupid people.. No wisdom, no ideas, no principles, no discipline, no self control...many can't even take time to read the very informative post before they start running their mouth spitting poo. kiss
God help this generation

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by Dhotseal(m): 7:04pm On Jul 26, 2015
Jagabanthelion:


If u don't know anything about Rivers state u shut up. where in Rivers state is "Opopo"? Even the OP spelt it for u yet u just want to comment out of Ignorance. 2. Its Nyesom not "Nyesome". 3. which Rivers state "polytechnics" did Gov. wike name "on behalf" of JAJA? The only Rivers state Polytechnic I know was renamed by Gov. wike after KEN SARO wiwa. U know nothing and u just want to display your ignorance,abi u want to drag politics into the thread. Get your facts and spellings right before touching your keyboard next time.

Hahahaha...dude, that was BRUTAL! grin cheesy grin
Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by bigass123(m): 7:04pm On Jul 26, 2015
I hate Europeans.. If our government were a bit reasonable.. I don't think anyone should travel outside Nigeria to earn a living.
My father told me how Europeans beg then to follow then back here to work. Their girls beg to marry then... We were respected and treated as kings. Now, look at the same Nigeria in the 21st century.. SMH undecided undecided


deltateam:


Those British wiicked souls killed him, To hell with Britain.

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by Nobody: 7:06pm On Jul 26, 2015
greatness22:
I pray so! Bros wait oh, nah DR.Congo babe u wan marry cool

Nigeria bad nor mean say i go run go Mali grin
grin grin EVEN IF NA CONGO BABE OR MALI, I GO MARRY OHH...

MY MIND NO DEY NAIJA WOMEN AGAIN OHH.

THOSE SPECIES HAVE REALLY DEALT THE LIVING HELL OUT OF ME grin grin
Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by bigass123(m): 7:06pm On Jul 26, 2015
I hate Europeans.. If our government were a bit reasonable.. I don't think anyone should travel outside Nigeria to earn a living.
My father told me how Europeans beg then to follow then back here to work. Their girls beg to marry then... They were respected and treated as kings. Now, look at the same Nigeria in the 21st century.. SMH undecided undecided


deltateam:


Those British wiicked souls killed him, To hell with Britain.

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by ZUBY77(m): 7:09pm On Jul 26, 2015
Taylor86:
long live nigeria

long live niger delta

long live rivers state

long live Opopo

long live Nyesome Wike

for naming rivers state polytechnics on behalf of JAJA

Your level of joblessness is amazing.
No insults intended but always remember that Posting first on nairaland topics or any other topic anywhere on the Internet is not a career.

Put your time elsewhere for productivity.
Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by Nobody: 7:13pm On Jul 26, 2015
ZUBY77:


Your level of joblessness is amazing.
No insults intended but always remember that Posting first on nairaland topics or any other topic anywhere on the Internet is not a career.

Put your time elsewhere for productivity.

thunder fire u

idiot

if ur too busy with ur job

then what are you doing

Foól
Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by jejemanito: 7:13pm On Jul 26, 2015
herald9:
Thanks Op.

We had a great personality like Jaja of Opobo yet they won't let us hear word with Jesus of Nazareth.
cheesycheesycheesycheesycheesycheesy chai nairaland no go kill person!

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by oskaaay(m): 7:13pm On Jul 26, 2015
Those are heroes past...did their best their own way to leave a legacy....Naija!

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by ZUBY77(m): 7:18pm On Jul 26, 2015
Taylor86:


thunder fire u

idiot

if ur too busy with ur job

then what are you doing

Foól

Of course I expected this reaction from you.. And since you practically live on nairaland, it took you just few seconds to reply me..

Thunder will not fire you. I want you alive.
Just attempt to be useful to yourself.
First to comment is not a career.

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by Nobody: 7:20pm On Jul 26, 2015
ZUBY77:


Of course I expected this reaction from you.. And since you practically live on nairaland, it took you just few seconds to reply me..

Thunder will not fire you. I want you alive.
Just attempt to be useful to yourself.
First to comment is not a career.

get ur sef adviced

b4 telling poo to another

fvck u
Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by Pearlyakin(m): 7:20pm On Jul 26, 2015
FowlYansh:


keep your foolish admirating to your self please.
i'm married to a soldier undecided
But seriously you just display how ill manered you are in the presence of about 1.4million people.
Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by Ihuomadinihu: 7:21pm On Jul 26, 2015
duni04:
I stopped reading after I saw he was born in IMO. This piece is a blatant distortion of history by those South eastern fanatics that always want to ascribe all the glory in Nigeria to themselves. Jaja of opobo was an indigen of one of the delta tribes. Any attempt by our "Nigeria Jews" to selfishly distort history will be flatly resisted.
What's the meaning of that? That you dislike Igbos doesn't mean history will not accord credit to Igbo people. Jaja was an Igbo man by birth who grew up in an Ijaw household. The story of Jaja reminds me of People with Nigerian and Foreign citizenship.
Jaja is Igbo,history cannot deny that fact. You should be grateful that an Igbo son became a thorn in Europeans butt and elevated Niger delta in a positive way. At the end of the day, Jaja is not the only person of Igbo descent in Opobo. My neighbours are proudly opobians of Igbo descent.

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by Elipsis: 7:21pm On Jul 26, 2015
duni04:
I stopped reading after I saw he was born in IMO. This piece is a blatant distortion of history by those South eastern fanatics that always want to ascribe all the glory in Nigeria to themselves. Jaja of opobo was an indigen of one of the delta tribes. Any attempt by our "Nigeria Jews" to selfishly distort history will be flatly resisted.
Dude, what really is your problem? You can research about King Jaja and you'll be surprised. Google is your friend bro.

It amazes me how much ignorance and stupidity is displayed on this forum. King Jaja was an Igbo man. Till date, they still speak Igbo in Opobo, although not the central Igbo language. And an average Bonny man will also understand and speak Igbo too. Same with many other native tribes in Rivers state.

This is the same reason I get surprised when I see clueless people like you trying to create a wedge between the Igbo's and the people of the South South. For your information, there are many indigenous Igbos in the South South region.

The Igbo nation does not start and end in the South east alone, else it wouldn't have been regarded as a major Nigerian tribe.

Please get enlightened and stop sounding silly.

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by greatness22(m): 7:22pm On Jul 26, 2015
sonofananimal1:
grin grin EVEN IF NA CONGO BABE OR MALI, I GO MARRY OHH...

MY MIND NO DEY NAIJA WOMEN AGAIN OHH.

THOSE SPECIES HAVE REALLY DEALT THE LIVING HELL OUT OF ME grin grin
grin make i arrange Sen.Stella Oduah for u cool
Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by Nobody: 7:24pm On Jul 26, 2015
greatness22:
grin make i arrange Sen.Stella Oduah for u cool
YOU WON KILL ME!!!

SHE GO USE ALL MY KOBO KOBO MONEY TAKE BUY BULLET PROF BRA grin grin ( NA THERE MY MONEY REACH
Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by greatness22(m): 7:24pm On Jul 26, 2015
Pearlyakin:

But seriously you just display how ill manered you are in the presence of about 1.4million people.
I thought i was d only one dat noticed dat sir
Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by Nobody: 7:25pm On Jul 26, 2015
I love Opobo people, served in that community and snapped at Jaja Onu Obu, and beside the statue. Jaja is like a god to them even till date. You dare not touch the statue else you will die by general beating. grin

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by greatness22(m): 7:30pm On Jul 26, 2015
sonofananimal1:
YOU WON KILL ME!!!

SHE GO USE ALL MY KOBO KOBO MONEY TAKE BUY BULLET PROF BRA grin grin ( NA THERE MY MONEY REACH
Lolz, ok, manage Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, but make u nor near my beautiful butterfly, Deziani Alison Madueke
Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by ceejay4real(m): 7:32pm On Jul 26, 2015
He was a great man indeed.

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by ceejay4real(m): 7:32pm On Jul 26, 2015
He was a great man indeed. An inspiration to Present day& future generations!

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by Nihilist: 7:32pm On Jul 26, 2015
I can't really see the heroism of Jaja from this article.

If anything, this article only highlights the dangers of an unregulated economy, and more importantly, the utter capriciousness of unfettered capitalism.

Jaja was attempting to monopolise trade, and as such preventing wealth distribution in the hinterland.

He wasn't a hero. He was a greedy businessman.

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by loadman: 7:36pm On Jul 26, 2015
jaja is a retire criminal from igbo land
Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by Phut(f): 7:36pm On Jul 26, 2015
duni04:
I stopped reading after I saw he was born in IMO. This piece is a blatant distortion of history by those South eastern fanatics that always want to ascribe all the glory in Nigeria to themselves. Jaja of opobo was an indigen of one of the delta tribes. Any attempt by our "Nigeria Jews" to selfishly distort history will be flatly resisted.

Jaja of Opobo was an Igbo man. All the history books say so.

What are your sources that say otherwise? Beer parlor gist?

You would do well to emancipate yourself from ignorance, close mindedness, tribalism and all else that ails you

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by Nobody: 7:42pm On Jul 26, 2015
greatness22:
Lolz, ok, manage Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, but make u nor near my beautiful butterfly, Deziani Alison Madueke
grin grin AS FOR TODAY, I GO KEEP MY BOUNDARIES, BUT YOU KNOW SAY I DEY EYE HER TOO
Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by Phut(f): 7:45pm On Jul 26, 2015
Nihilist:
I can't really see the heroism of Jaja from this article.

If anything, this article only highlights the dangers of an unregulated economy, and more importantly, the utter capriciousness of unfettered capitalism.

Jaja was attempting to monopolise trade, and as such preventing wealth distribution in the hinterland.

He wasn't a hero. He was a greedy businessman.
You don't see the greatness in a man who would be King?
Who rose from being a slave to achieve all that he did?
Do you think the British traders would have offered fair prices to small, subsistence farmers in the hinterland?
King Jaja by virtue of his exploits was able to level the playing field and keep more of the wealth in the hands of Nigerians (which is the exact reason why the British sought to remove him).
Going by your definition Dangote and other legit entrepreneurs in Nigeria are not hero's.
Not everyone can be rich (we do not practice Socialism). But credit has to be given to those who have foresight and who by dint of hardwork change their destiny and those of others around them

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by Psuedy(f): 7:52pm On Jul 26, 2015
duni04:
I stopped reading after I saw he was born in IMO. This piece is a blatant distortion of history by those South eastern fanatics that always want to ascribe all the glory in Nigeria to themselves. Jaja of opobo was an indigen of one of the delta tribes. Any attempt by our "Nigeria Jews" to selfishly distort history will be flatly resisted.

Even my Opobo pals knw dt Jaja was an Igbo man& most by d way hear/speak some form of ibo..."indigene of one of d delta tribes"..can u listen to urself...uv got no facts jst mere assumptions / lies formulated by ur fellow igbo-haters....well bros dis is one well-documented biography and sorry u cnt distort history dis time...#tribalistic thing.

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Re: Hero:king JAJA OF OPOBO Full Biography,history Battle With The British(pictures) by zeembab(m): 7:59pm On Jul 26, 2015
Reading this story just reminded that white men's trick did not start today, but thank God for courageous men like Jaja of Opobo.

Two lessons from the story...........first, as a yoruba man but I must admit that Igbos are gifted with business acumen and high intellectual capacity. secondly, never trust a white man. No matter what...they do not keep to their words.

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