Amanyanabo of Opobo, King Jaja full unedited interview

The full interview of which excerpts of it are to be used for the coming documentary on Original African monarchs.

[@gbrightgbright815]

Long life the king the real blood of King Jajah i love this ijawman is truthful

[@Blink4army7stay8]

No mind all those Igbos wey wan die put 4 Ibani matter. They want 2claim Bonny & Opobo, as if we don't know our history. D king right here is a biological descendant, pure Jaja blood, & he knows he's IJAW

[@agbaianyaele6037]

Have you forgotten that King jaja of opobo has Igbo ancesry

[@Blink4army7stay8]

@@agbaianyaele6037 So wot ? Does it change anything? Hv u 4gotten dat he was bought as a slave at about d age of 12 ? Hv u 4gotten dat he was ENCULTURATED 2bcom Ijaw? Hv u 4gotten dat his name was changed frm MBANASO OKWARAOZURUMBA to JUBO-JUBOFEM OPUBO? Hv u 4gotten dat his master & father, OPUWARISENIBO ALALI OPUBO & d Ani Pepple War Canoe House along with d whole of Bonny is IJAW? Dat Jaja was adopted by Ijaws into their family doesn't make dem Igbo, or does it? Wen u r adopted, do u change ur family's name, identity or u take on their name & identity instead? U just watched Jaja's own biological descendant here saying Bonny & indeed Opobo is Ijaw, yet u r reminding us dat Jaja has Igbo ancestry. Don't we know dat ? We r talking about Opobo as a whole here, dis video is about Bonny & Opobo history & origin, about d culture, tradition etc of Bonny & Opobo as a whole, not about an individual or about a given family. It's about IBANI, not about Jaja.

[@americaandrussia9688]

@@agbaianyaele6037 he actually doesn't

[@nnamdibernard7745]

@@Blink4army7stay8 you too mumu😂 Jaja blood is ijaws? And Igbo man an izon?

[@tagwogwotasa5591]

He's voice tone is purely igbo

[@Blink4army7stay8]

Lol 😅 We hear u. He is an IJAW man

[@georgewillsoti6575]

This has to be the most ridiculous thing ive ever heard

[@etinlawrence]

Absolutely ridiculous.

[@odiadisylvester867]

Purely igbo man voice there

[@Amazingcraftsy]

You sound desperate like your fellow expansionists.

[@ndubuisiezeoye2099]

I'm still asking;,Is Ijaw an ethnic group (tribe)or a federation? If Ijaw is an ethnic group or tribe,why is it that it is made up of people with different languages and cultures,namely ogbia, Engenni,Epie, Igbo, Isoko, Urhobo,Abureni,Abua,Odual. Etc? We were taught that ethnic group is a people who speaks the same language as a mother tongue. If Ijaw is a federation, who is the president of Ijaw federation, who are the mayors of different ethnic groups of Ijaw federation?

[@americaandrussia9688]

Ijaw is an ethnic group in case you don't know even within yoruba and igbo there are different languages and dialects same goes to ijaw. There is no tribe in Nigeria where everyone is from one place

[@ndubuisiezeoye2099]

@@americaandrussia9688 Igbo is one language, there is no part of Igboland that does not speak Igbo as their native language, if there are mention them. Infact it is their language that identifies them as Ndị Igbo. Someone from Nsuka Enugu State can understand someone from Opobo, someone from Igbanke, Edo state can understand person from orlu in Imo state, Person from Abakaliki can understand Nnewi Person in Anambra, someone from Igbo areas of kogi can under the ones in Akwaibom Etc. If Ijaw is a federation then it should be made known publicly, there is no need for hiding anything.

[@sosa9220]

@@ndubuisiezeoye2099You sound stupid. Someone who speaks Wawa dialect will find it hard to understand someone from Ngwa. The difference is that you have a central standard dialect. We do not.

[@sosa9220]

@@ndubuisiezeoye2099and some of those you listed are considered dialects of Ijaw, the vast majority of what you listed are just other language Ijaw speak. My god you people on here are so mentally handicapped

[@anthonytobi9773]

Please don't be ignorant. All you mentioned are tribes and not Ijaws. This are minority tribes living close to the Ijaws. The word Ijaw is a corrupted name of IZON. Ijaw as no meaning our language. Izon means truth, original. The Izon tribe had sub groups or clans as a result of migrations by our forefathers. Sub groups includes Kalabari, Okrika, Nembe, Ibani and others. As someone from Bayelsa when this sub groups speaks I understand most of them even though not 100% but do you know that I can't understand any word from the Ogbias, Epie- Atissa people of Bayelsa state because they are not of IZON origin but in same state. So not everyone from Bayelsa state are IZONs or what people call Ijaw. The King said the founders of Bonny are from Okoloba an IZON village in present day Bomadi LGA of Delta state. It was slave trade that brought Igbos to Bonny land. The Bonny people ( IZONS) bought a good number of Igbo slaves for the inhuman trade but fortunately some slaves were freed and assimilated into the Bonny community like Jaja who later became a prominent chief and later left Bonny with some Bonny chiefs to found Opobo town. Igbo language dominated the IZON dialect called IBANI. So in a nutshell the Bonny and Opobo towns are a mixture of IZONS and IGBOS. Igbos don't behave like the Fulanis laying claim to every part of Northern Nigeria.

[@sellenmichelle6178]

God bless opobo God bless Amaigbo

[@sodienyefubara7784]

See this one

[@Blink4army7stay8]

Wetin concern Opobo with Amaigbo? He kept saying Ijaw yet u open ur mouth 2mention Amaigbo. U want 2claim & colonise by force. Shame....

[@supernewafrica4210]

It seems Ijaw group is not a homogenous group. Any anthropologist in the house can educate me. Thanks

[@Blink4army7stay8]

1:45--2:55...... Where r all d Igbo ppl who will not allow Opobo & Bonny ppl.drink water ? U ppl shud com & hear our history oooo !😯😯😯 Bonny & Opobo is IJAW OOOOO !

[@anthonychuks2302]

Would you accept the truth if you heard it....The founder of Opobo kingdom was an Igbo man who traded slaves from far and near which included everyone that existed within the vicinity..the civil war was what led to the denial and modification of lies to suit thier curiosity.

[@Blink4army7stay8]

@@anthonychuks2302 U heard d king of Opobo gv d history here but of course u, a stranger knows better. D king speaking in dis video is a direct descendant, d great grandson of d famous king JAJA. U frm wherever hv d guts 2talk rubbish. Weldone

[@americaandrussia9688]

@@anthonychuks2302 opobo was founded by 11 chiefs/ house heads of which one of them is jaja. Jaja was not the only founder

[@Blink4army7stay8]

@@americaandrussia9688 I think it's 14 War Canoe Houses actually, not 11

[@Blink4army7stay8]

@@anthonychuks2302 Opobo was not founded by one person, 14 War Canoe Houses founded Opobo. Jaja was d king but not d sole founder. By d way, d same man u call d founder of Opobo was formerly an Igbo slave, enculturated 2bcom Ijaw. He didn't bcom king as an Igbo man. Else he wouldn't hv bin king. He stopped bin Igbo d day he got ENCULTURATED. Dat's how it rolls. U can't eat ur cake & hv it. In Igbo land, u wouldn't hv allowed Jaja evn marry a freeborn, let alone bcom Royalty. U wud hv labelled Jaja an OUTCAST, a slave, an OSU.

[@fubarareginald9132]

Okrika kings

[@WordSeed100]

People of Bonny are Ijaw settlers. King Jaja and other Igbo slaves were taken to Bonny Kingdom. He later left with some chiefs due to misunderstanding/war and founded Opobo where he was made King. Jaja house is not the only house in Opobo, we have the Ogolo and others, did they also leave Bonny with Jaja and are they Ijaw settlers ( Indigenous Bonny people) or Igbo slaves who were taken to Bonny?

[@Blink4army7stay8]

Definitely Jaja didn't go 2 Opobo alone or with only Igbos. He was d 1st king but there were indigenous Ijaws(Ibani)among dem. Opobo wasn't made up of only slaves

[@ucol2068]

@@Blink4army7stay8 where you there? How did you arrive at that conclusion

[@Blink4army7stay8]

@@ucol2068 My ancestors r not lik ur ancestors who don't record or know their history. My ancestors were very wise, intelligent, brave , strong, resilient & smart ppl. My ancestors didn't practice OSU neither did they discriminate against anyone. They were liberal & open minded, enlightened. They knew wot adoption meant, hence d Ijaw practice of ENCULTURATION where a complete stranger is adopted by a family, changing his/her name & surname, identity. Having d same rights, privileges as well as responsibilities of a biological family member. D king JAJA u r seriously claiming & dying to own is courtesy of ENCULTURATION practiced by Ijaws. 4 a total stranger frm a completely different tribe, a slave 4dat matter 2bcom a king. Dat's how enlightened my ancestors were .Unlike ur ancestors who barnished ppl, had OSU & caste system, discriminating against ur fellow tribesmen & humans in d name of outcast tradition. My ancestors were smart bizness moguls who did bizness with Igbos, Ibibios, Europeans. My ancestors bravely stood against Europeans wen they felt oppressed & marginalised. Read about Akassa Raid, King Koko of Nembe etc My ancestors kept records, we hv our history. D founding of Opobo is well documented. D 14 War Canoe Houses dat moved frm Bonny 2 establish OPOBO r ALL IJAW families & War Canoe Houses. Not Igbos. D 14 War Canoe Houses dat founded Opobo r : 1)DAPU 2)ADIBIE 3)BIRIYE 4)DIEPIRI 5) DAPPA 6)YE AMAKIRI 7)EPELLE 8)FUUBARAKWORO 9) IROANYA 10)KALAOMUSO 11)UKONU 12)KIEPIRIMA 13)OWUJIEN 14)TOLOFARI So as u can see, I know d 14 War Canoe Houses dat established Opobo bcos my forefathers hv records. I don't nid 2b present in dat era 2know wot happened. They pass down our history 2us, unlike u ppl who don't know ur history.

[@sosa9220]

@@ucol2068 There is something called oral and written history/ I know you propagandists only know how to believe in far-fetched theories and delusions, but we know where we came from.

[@newton6936]

@@ucol2068 don't mind the mumu...let ijaw go and cliam it now let's see!

[@anthonytobi9773]

The king is not vast with the history even though he is a descendant of King Jaja being an Igbo.

[@Blink4army7stay8]

No problem. Mr Vast. Go and b vast in his own history. Go and tell him his own history. Obori ! Namashobiri

[@etinlawrence]

@@Blink4army7stay8He is trying to force Igbo on the people, a people that constantly reject what they aren’t, yet they keep forcing it on their throats, we understand that Jaja was Igbo, but he was with 13-14 chiefs of Ijaw extraction when they came to Opobo to form this Ijaw community. Language domination can always come on people anywhere worldwide through any means possible but that doesn’t define identity or origin. But they will never learn, and they keep forcing their false history on these innocent Rivers people.

[@collinsben9138]

You guys never respect people culture.

[@knwaoke6193]

On the first Okoloba was mentioned by the King? The document I have seen said that Okoloba was one of the Igbo name for Bonny? So where did Okoloma come from? The king also said that Ijaw has different ethnic nationalities, hence Ogbia, epie, atissa, egginie, obolo (andoni),oblum, Kugbo, etc who do not speak Ijaws are Ijaws? So Ijaws is not an ethic group but a political union for resource control? Ok?

[@sosa9220]

You sound foolish as usual. Which document, written by who? Okoloba is different from Okoloama. Someone who knew Bonny history would have known this. Ijaw is a cultural group, and some of the groups you mentioned still speak Ijaw languages so you can stop lying. And the ones who don't speak creolized languages or specfic dialects, which still have links to Ijaw. Please take your confusion elsewhere, please and thank you.

[@ahanonufranklin5938]

@@sosa9220 according to history okologba is wat brass ppl called bonny but bonny ppl called themselves okoloama

[@sosa9220]

@@ahanonufranklin5938 No, Okoloba is different from Okoloama, literal google map will even show you.🙄

[@ahanonufranklin5938]

@@sosa9220 I'm literally telling u wat was documented in history. The books I'm talking about were Nigerian independence. Bonny real name is okoloama while brass called them okoloaba or was it okulogba

[@sosa9220]

@@ahanonufranklin5938 Obviously they called it that becuase ibani people use to live around Okoloba. What I’m telling you is that truth their different places, something you and the OG commenter seems to can’t get thoguh your thick skulls. Leave out history for ourselves biko

[@geoffreyoke4930]

This man is counting his words and is not sounding truthful

[@evelynnwosu2835]

If you are a slave and you break away from your slave master, with some people, does that make you the father of those people? The answer is NO! Those people will still be who they were. Ibani people. It was slave trade that made the Ibanis to start speaking Igbo, because of the mixture with the Igbo slaves.

[@Blink4army7stay8]

Pls, Jaja did not break away frm his master. He was enculturated, adopted. He became a son, with equal rights lik a biological child. Dat's wot gave him d right 2bcom king. Simple He left Bonny, along with 14 War Canoe Houses. Diz were not Igbos. They were IBANI ppl

[@anthonychuks2302]

The way some people misinterpret history is funny...The founder of Opobo kingdom was King Jaja who was an igbo man that traded slaves from far and near.. and also engaged in oil palm trade.

[@Blink4army7stay8]

ANTHONY CHUKS, som of Igbos r so dull, dumb & daft but d funny tin is wen u proudly carry dat ur ignorance lik a badge , flaunting it evrywia. U don't know jack about Opobo. U hv no idea wot IBANI is, all u know is king JAJA founded Opobo. U don't know JAJA alone didn't found Opobo. U can't ask ur big head y he has d name JAJA OPUBO instead of his original name MBANASO OKWARAOZURUMBA. JAJA & OPUBO r both Ijaw names, y & how did he change his Igbo name/surname 4an Ijaw name/surname? According 2u, he has no bizness with Ijaws, JAJA didn't hv any link with Ijaws but has Ijaw names. U don't know our customs & traditions, u just blab foolishly. How can a king b telling his history, d history of his own biological great grandfather & u urchin frm one hamlet somewhere in d hinterland is saying our AMAYANABO is misinterpreting history. Oya com & interprete d correct history, Mr Interpreter ! Maybe ur Ichie, Mazi, Onowu, Obi, Eze & Igwe, dat's how they tell lies upandan, twisting history evrywia dat's y u think our AMAYANABO too is lik dat. If not u wouldn't dare say a king is lying about his history. Lie 2wot end? Will anybody dash him moni 4lying ? Opu Obori is wot u r. A real OPU OBORI ! Rubbish !

[@Blink4army7stay8]

Maybe u shud tell us y we don't know d Igbo names MBANASO OKWARAOZURUMBA of AMAIGBO, rather we know Ijaw names JUBO JUBOFEM OPUBO aka JAJA of OPOBO. Maybe u shud tell us y Jaja founded a kingdom & gave it an Ijaw name. Maybe u shud tell us y Jaja is AMAYANABO & not Igwe, Eze or Obi. Igbos only started having kings recently. U guys practiced OKPALUKWU System of rulership not Monarchy. IBANI has bin practicing monarchy since ancient times. We practice ENCULTURATION. Dat is y Jaja qualified 2bcom king despite bin a slave frm a totally different tribe. Igbos label ppl outcast , OSU & segregate dem. U separate & keep slaves at arms length. Nowhere in Igbo land will u ppl allow a slave frm a different tribe bcom king amongst u. NEVER. Igbos won't evn allow slaves mingle freely with freeborn not 2talk of royalty. 2day, u want 2claim a whole kingdom bcos of one man. U think Jaja founded Opobo alone? 14 War Canoe Houses left Bonny with Jaja 2establish Opobo. Diz 14 War Canoe Houses weren't Igbos, they were IBANI. Jaja is just one person, he & his descendants ALONE don't constitute & make up d whole Opobo kingdom or d Ibani ethnic stock. I know u r daft & not knowledgeable, so u hv no idea wot War Canoe House is. U know nothing about WAR CANOE HOUSES, so me telling u 14 War Canoe Houses founded Opobo alongside JAJA is definitely sounding lik Latin 2u, based on d ignoramus wey u be. U dare call our AMAYANABO a liar ? Dat he's twisting history. So u who is a complete stranger frm God knows where, u tink u know d history of Opobo more dan d AMAYANABO, who is a biological descendant of d famous JAJA of OPOBO? U tink d king doesn't know wot he's saying? Obori lik u. Namashobiri !

[@tamaraye7110]

He clearly didn't say anything about opobo been igbo But yet you can hear his emphasis of the ijaw he keeps saying it....ijaw he keeps talking about the ijawness of opobo people just because igbo slaves gor mixed up igbo people wont allow us rest... Let me see how igbo people will claim opobo and bonny..

[@Blink4army7stay8]

Igbos r everywhere claiming Bonny & Opobo. I'm surprised none of dem is here 2comment & oppose or fault wot King Dandeson Jaja is saying here in dis video

[@MaziBiafra]

■ OPOBO KINGDOM (Rivers state). The Kingdom was founded in 1870 by King Jaja,Born in Umuduruoha Amaigbo in Igboland, In Opobo/Nkoro LGA, two languages are spoken. Nkoro people speak defaka(an ijoid language) while Opobo speak Igbo. Some Nkoro people understand and speak Igbo as well. ■ TABOOS: Dogs are not allowed in opobo .For instance, while in many communities across Nigeria, the presence of dogs is a common feature; in Opobo, such is forbidden. The tradition, which has its roots in ancient times, ■ NWAOTAM FESTIVAL IN OPOBO, RIVERS STATE ■■ as seen in the video . Otam is the god protective of all that is of good in the forest. Otam is also associated with finding pathways for hunters lost in the forest. Nwaotam means child (masquerade) of Otam In Opobo, Nwaotam was introduced and modified to fulfill the function of Otam. To fill the gap of needing protection, blessing and cravity for all hunters. As a god of the forest, it predicts the fate of the people and carries the prediction with blessings to the people in town. The Origin of Nwaotam Masquerade in Opobo Kingdom is traced to Ndoki people of South-east Nigeria, present day Abia State. Every year Sons and Daughter of Opobo, return home to celebrate the Nwaotam Dance Drama Festival, which lasts from the last week of December into the new year.

[@Blink4army7stay8]

@@MaziBiafra go and read about d EKPE MASQUERADE & d AROCHUKWU/ABRIBA ppl of Abia state. If u want 2use Nwaotam as a basis 4saying Opobo is Igbo, den u can as well say since EKPE is of IBIBIO/EFIK origin, den Igbos practicing EKPE r no longer Igbo but r now IBIBIO/EFIK just bcos of EKPE masquerade. All oda tradition, culture, evrytin Igbo shud b thrown away. Do u know how many IJAW masquerades Opobo & Bonny has? U heard d king mention dem in dis video OWU INGBILA, OWU TARIGHA, OWU MINJI, OWU OTOBO. IRIA CEREMONIES, EGEREBITE & BIBITE practiced in Bonny/Opobo r all Ijaw. All d names & titles, family, WAR CANOE HOUSES, evrytin is IJAW. But just bcos Nwaotam was borrowed just som 70-80 yrs ago, OPOBO has bcom Igbo. Go & change AROCHUKWU/ ABRIBA 2 EFIK/IBIBIO bcos of one masquerade, Ekpe. Namashobiri !

[@americaandrussia9688]

@@Blink4army7stay8 may u and ur family be blessed. If no be small thing na to dash u money remain

[@willyclif]

This king dont even know his origin. This father is an IGBO man and his woman is from my village ohambele Amaoji which is also IGBO community. 70% of ancestors that make up opobo of today comes from the hinterland.

[@kelechiezeonyejiaku5363]

Mr jaja. Are u truly a descendant of King jaja from umuduru okigwe.

[@Blink4army7stay8]

No o, he's an Hausa man from Kano. Bcos una no hear history of Umuduruoha u dey ask of he's a son of king Jaja. Is Jubo Jubogha (Jaja) an Igbo name?

[@spineyoo7]

Hello does anyone have any information on if King Jaja had any children while in exile in the Caribbean?

[@MaziBiafra]

IS OPOBO REALLY IJAW OR IGBO? This article is not based on historical tales but facts. History in Nigeria has been proven to be written from sentimental minds and therefore not accurate. Opobo is one of the Igbo speaking tribes of Rivers State, but identities as a part of the Ijaw ethnic group. Now the question is why does an Ijaw group (Opobo) speak Igbo as a first language? According to some historians: Opobo was an Ijaw (Ibani) speaking tribe before they broke away from Bonny. Opobo and Bonny became Igbo speaking because of high Igbo influence via trade, slavery and intermarriage. Infact another source claims that the people decided to hide their native language and adopt that of the slaves. According to him, the native language was reserved for coded communications between freeborns. Now if these words were to be true, then it means that Opobo ancestors, though mixed are majorly ex Igbo slaves who didn't speak Ibani because they were not free born. Experience has taught us that slaves are acculturated into the lifestyle of their masters as we can see from the black Americans, British colonies and former subjects of the Roman empire. Hosts don't lose their language and culture to migrants, except by conquest. And in Bonny and Opobo, the Igbos were not the conquerors, but salesmen and slaves. And salesmen need to familiarize themselves with the language of the host Communities in order to make good sales. Did slavery change the language from Ijaw to Igbo? Opobo speaks a dialect that is similar to Ndoki. But the slaves were definitely not Ndoki people. Most of the slaves were from the hinterland and central Igbo region. If slavery really influenced Opobo's language, they should be speaking a central Igbo dialect and not the one they speak now. Nwaotam, one of Opobo's biggest masquerades also came from Ndoki. So I ask again. IS OPOBO REALLY IJAW OR IGBO? #Papajeph

[@Blink4army7stay8]

U heard d king clearly in dis video say dat Bonny was founded by Ijaws. Ppl frm Okoloba in WESTERN IJAW founded Bonny wich they called OKOLOMA. D king didn't mention anything about Igbo in dis video. I guess u know more dan d king. Maybe u know d history better dan d king. U can go 2 Bonny/Opobo & tell dem dat they don't know their history. Dat u a total stranger knows their history more dan dem. If Ibani is Igbo y d Ibani dialect of Ijaw language, y d culture, masquerades, names & titles of Ijaw? Was it enforced on dem? Wen? After Nigeran civil war? If so how com Jubo Jubogha of Opobo wich was recorded centuries b4 d Nigeran civil war has no Igbo name & history has it dat he was bought as a slave & ENCULTURATED in2 Ijaw society. Meaning as at d time JAJA was bought as a slave, IBANI was IJAW. So if u say it was originally Igbo, wen did it change 2bcom Ijaw 4 Jaja 2b bought & enculturated & made an Ijaw man? If u talk about Nwaotam, also remember EKPE MASQUERADE wich is of EFIK/IBIBIO origin but 2day practiced by Igbos in Abriba & Arochukwu. Does d Ekpe cult/masquerade borrowed frm IBIBIO make d Igbos in Abia 2bcom IBIBIO/Efik? Search KZbin : "HISTORY OF NWAOTAM IN OPOBO".... U will see d video dat chronicles how Nwaotam was borrowed frm Ndoki tru Azumini just recently, barely 100yrs ago, in d 1940s or so. Nwaotam is a borrowed culture frm Ndoki. It doesn't make Ibani(Bonny/Opobo) Igbo

[@charlesagain]

@@Blink4army7stay8 what does okoloma mean in ijaw? Is okoloma an ijaw word?

[@Blink4army7stay8]

@@charlesagain OKOLO means CURLEW. It's d name of a bird 🐦. Dat particular bird was in abundance on d Island wen d founders arrived so they called d place OKOLO AMA meaning CURLEW TOWN or TOWN of CURLEWS

[@charlesagain]

@@Blink4army7stay8 Okolo Ama in Igbo means Okolo's place. Like you said, Ama can mean town in Igbo too it depends on the context. What you have refused to accept is that lots of Igbos settled in Bonny during the slave trade and later during the oil palm trade. It's not hard to find out. It's a very documented history. No one forced Igbo language on you. It was the language of the settlers that settled in it. Ijaw people were very scanty in number but they(Ijaws) were the original settlers in that land. But later Igbos came and mixed up and came with their language and culture and Igbo names. The two have mixed up together to evolve a unique culture which is a mix of both ijaw and Igbo culture. You cannot erase Igbo from Bonny and Opobo because most of the people are descended from Igbos mixed with Ijaws too. Note, IT IS NOT IGBO LAND. No, it is not. But it has Igbo influence and that Igbo influence makes it unique and different to other pure Ijaw settlements in Bayelsa and Ondo and Delta state. I am trying to have an intelligent discussion with you. please no abuse. Make it civil. Thank you

[@charlesagain]

@@Blink4army7stay8 There are several instances of places with Greek language/culture or Italian language/culture today outside Greece and Italy. For eg Turkey has very huge Greek cultural influence but that does not make Turkey Greek land. But nobody is denying that thousands of Greeks settled in current Turkey. There are Italian speaking Cantons or areas in Switzerland today. See, any ethnic group always have mixed culture for the people at the boundary of the ethnic group. The people at the boundary mix up with other ethnic groups more easily than the ones settled in the hinterland. Ijaws share boundary with Igbo speaking cultures and that mixture is natural. There are Igala people in Anambra today, they still speak their language after many centuries. Igbo language has not been able to kill off their culture. Opobo history is very recent(19th century) and if you understand this, you will know that its too early to have lost your language to Igbo influence in such a short space of time. Igbo is widely spoken in those areas because Igbos settled in it and mixed up with the indigenous Ibanis. That's lovely and cute. Don't fight it instead embrace both because that's what you really are.