Wednesday, September 30, 2020

The Niger Royal Company Territory Treaty


 Although, The Niger Royal Company pledged a free trade with the Niger Deltan Chiefs, they privately signed other documents nullifying free trade.

When Chief Jaja of Opobo tried to export palm oil independently, he was immediately sent in exile for onstructing commerce. He was however pardoned in 1891

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