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[[File:Pirogue de guerre du roi de Bonny.jpg|thumb|300px|Royal Canoe of the Kingdom of Bonny, 1890]][[Chieftain|Chief]] '''Oko Jumbo''' (died 1891) was a chief in the [[Kingdom of Bonny]]. Originally of [[Igbo people|Igbo]] origin,[{{Cite book |last=Crow |first=Hugh |url=http://archive.org/details/memoirsoflatecap00crow |title=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. |date=1830 |publisher=London; Liverpool : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green : And G. and J. Robinson |others=Smithsonian Libraries}}][{{Cite book |last=K. Onwuka Dike |url=http://archive.org/details/tradeandpoliticsinthenigerdelta |title=Trade and politics in the Niger Delta, 1830-1885: an introduction to the economic and political history of Nigeria |date=1966}}] Chief Jumbo rose through the ranks in the Kingdom of Bonny, a state in the [[Niger Delta]], now part of [[Rivers State]], Nigeria. For many years in the 19th century, he was the effective ruler of Bonny. Though not the king in Bonny, and Warribo was the technical head of the [[Fubara Manilla Pepple]] House, "Oko Jumbo and [[Jaja of Opobo|Ja Ja]] were looked upon by every one as being the rulers of Bonny".[{{Cite book |last=Kingsley |first=Mary Henrietta |url=http://archive.org/details/westafricanstudi00king |title=West African studies |date=1899 |publisher=London : Macmillan |others=Princeton Theological Seminary Library}}] |
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[[File:Pirogue de guerre du roi de Bonny.jpg|thumb|300px|Royal Canoe of the Kingdom of Bonny, 1890]][[Chieftain|Chief]] '''Oko Jumbo''' (died 1891) was a chief in the [[Kingdom of Bonny]]. Originally of [[Igbo people|Igbo]] origin,[{{Cite book |last=Crow |first=Hugh |url=http://archive.org/details/memoirsoflatecap00crow |title=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. |date=1830 |publisher=London; Liverpool : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green : And G. and J. Robinson |others=Smithsonian Libraries}}][{{Cite book |last=K. Onwuka Dike |url=http://archive.org/details/tradeandpoliticsinthenigerdelta |title=Trade and politics in the Niger Delta, 1830-1885: an introduction to the economic and political history of Nigeria |date=1966}}] Chief Jumbo rose through the ranks in the Kingdom of Bonny, a state in the [[Niger Delta]], now part of [[Rivers State]], Nigeria. For many years in the 19th century, he was the effective ruler of Bonny. Though not the king in Bonny, and Warribo was the technical head of the [[Fubara Manilla Pepple]] House, "Oko Jumbo and [[Jaja of Opobo|Ja Ja]] were looked upon by every one as being the rulers of Bonny".[{{Cite book |last=Kingsley |first=Mary Henrietta |url=http://archive.org/details/westafricanstudi00king |title=West African studies |date=1899 |publisher=London : Macmillan |others=Princeton Theological Seminary Library}}] |
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