Kula tribe (Nigeria)

The Kula tribe of the Ijaw people lives in Akuku Toru Local Government Area, southwestern Rivers State, Nigeria. The small Kalabari-speaking tribe is sometimes classified as a Kalabari community rather than as its own tribe. The tribal seat is the town of Kula.^[1]

As of December 2004, Chief Dan Opusingi was the paramount ruler of the Kula.^[2]

Significant events

• January 2007: Armed men attack and killed 12 Kula chiefs traveling by boat to Port Harcourt. Those killed were members of a faction involved in an ongoing power struggle with the Kula tribe. In response to the unrest, 2 Amphibious Brigade in Port Harcourt deployed soldiers to the area.^[3]
• December 2004: Kula men and women shut down two Shell-operated flow stations (Ekulama 1, Ekulama 2) and Chevron-Texaco-operated Robertkiri flow station.^[4]

In 2009, the Rivers State Government approved a third-class chief as the Amayanabo of Kula in the person of Chief Kroma Eleki.

References

1. ^ Alagoa, Ebiegberi Joe (2005). A History of the Niger Delta, Port Harcourt: Onyoma Research Publications. ISBN 978-37314-5-9
2. ^ "Villagers Hold Nigeria Oil Plants". BBC News. 6 December 2004.
3. ^ "Army takes over community - After murder of 12 chiefs". This Day. 17 January 2007.
4. ^ "Villagers Hold Nigeria Oil Plants". BBC News. 6 December 2004.