Those that said OPOBO is not Igbo, please read👇🏿👇🏿A BRIEF EXTRACT OF THE HISTORY OF ALABO OGOLO OMU-ARUWARI (WAR CANOE HOUSE) OF DIEPIRI POLO, OPOBO KINGDOM. Prince kala igoni in grand bonny existed in the mid 15th century and begat Diepiri and ayana. Kala igoni the second grandson to queen Edimini ba kampasa by Ada Biriye (a bonny noble from bille) in the lineage of Ada papanye after sine or siriye; was a renowed personality in the owuogbo cult of his time at his nativity in fibiri ancient bonny. He was serving a diety in ancient bonny called Alamina or otherwise called Ala owu. Ada kala igoni by tradition is said to also have a maternal dissent from bille; and was outstanding in the royal family of his time in ancient bonny, being the younger brother of ada siriye; who begat king perekule; tradition apparently reveals that perekule was first cousin to Ada Diepiri and ada ayana; who on ascension to the throne, perekule assimilated all his nuclear and extended family into the pepple household; which of course gave Ada Diepiri the authomatic Wari senibo member to the perekule Royal house of Grand Bonny.However, ibani trdition and custom allow only for children who are in the line of first sons to be kings. Ada ayana, who was Diepiri younger brother, had inebugha as his only child, who died young, hence he adopted a young man of ogoni extraction by name ubani (Ada nwa Ubani). Ayana also died in ancient bonny during the andoni war of 1840. Apparently, Ada Diepiri took charge of all his estate including Ubani, who had grown to be a man at that time. Meanwhile, Ada Diepiri was married to a bille princess, Aya sunjugba, who begat just one girl: Aya Asiaghaba, who in turn, begat Ada Obulu (Ogolo) in 1844 by a relationship with Ada Iringeresibo, the founder of Otobara polo in Grand bonny. He became the progenitor of the ibaningo (Banigo) house of bonny. Obulu (Ogolo), became, by tradition, the direct son of Diepiri, since his mother was a royal and only child, hence was not allowed out of the Annie Pepple Royal house. Ada Diepiri and most of the Perekule Royal house members naturally got hooked-up to the Opubo Annie pepple house for several reasons, ranging from affluence to issue bothering on the fact that fubara manilla pepple did not have his own blood child; so it was believed that king William Dappa pepple, otherwise called Opu Ye Dappa or 'Dappa Nwa Opu' will tow the ideologies of king Opubo his biological father. This assumption failed as his mother Aya Okuru wielded strong influence in the fubara manilla pepple house. And thus deepened the struggle for supremacy in the entire Perekule Royal house during the 1850s. Meanwhile, Ada Ubani, otherwise called nwaubani, around these periods was handling Ada Diepiri fortunes both at fibiri, and minimah in ancient bonny, and was, in a way, taking care of Obulu who had become a youmg boy of 10yrs old in 1854$ when the black monarch was re-enthroned his traditional name Obulu meaning first son in Ibani egere; became adulterated by europeans with the similar consonantal name "OGOLO". Until 1869, at Olom nkoro Ogolo left the trusted strong man of his father, Ada ubani with all the rites and parafelenial of Diepiri household.Before his death around the 1856, Ada Diepiri had become an Ama-Alabo in ancient bonny, hence chief Uban signed several document of trade on his behalf as Ogolo was a minor. Ibani history by oral tradition also retained in folk song suggesting that Ada Diepiri played a heavy role in the politices that brought the great King Jaja (Jebo jebogha or Jou jou) into the headship of the house in bonny; as Ada Diepiri ws able to encourage him about the wealth in the house.The above goes a long way to describe the bond of love between King jaja and Chief Ogolo his descendant during their life time. Even at death, Ogolo was the King,s will executor. Evidently, every monarch in Opobo Kingdom has always recognized this as an adage goes thus "When king jaja eats, followed by chief Ogolo, the dinner party for the whole kingdom is complete." Chief Ogoo war canoe house, instituted by king jaja himself and the founding fathers of Opobo kingdom, is the only gig during a certemonial flotilla that has the rteserved right to have an umbrella on it; and on it must be a crown representing the king Opubo Annie pepple royalty. Chief Ogolo on landing Opobo town instituted other war canoe houses apart from chief Ubani war canoe house that was instituted at Olom nkoro in 1869 for Ada ayana under the headship of chief Ubani, who was one of the oldest chief then. Chief Ogolo had his major five wives, who were. Aya Okoba, Aya Odosoboroma, Aya Ibibari, Aya Mmgbekenta and Aya Igbi. However all his wives were twenty-four in number. Alabo Ogolo Omu Aru (war canoe) otherwise called "Boa" by the ancient people, could carry up to 67 staunch war men. The Alabo Ogolo war canoe is by tradition a dou-wari in our Ibani family system parlance; and is the main house that sprang up five other war canoe houses in Diepiri polo of Opobo kingdom. Ogolo war canoe house formerly known as "Ogolo Opubo Annie Pepple" reserved the Opubo annie pepple only for history to foretell .