Abonnema

Abonnema is a town in the Niger Delta region of Rivers State, Nigeria, and the headquarters of the Akuku-Toru Local Government Area. It was founded in 1882 by eleven independent, equal and autonomous founding fathers, and it has no monarchy; its community is governed by the principle of primus inter pares, meaning first among equals, which sets it apart from the single-ruler kingdoms common elsewhere in the region. During the colonial era the town grew into a flourishing Nigerian seaport and hosted many European trading companies, among them the Royal Niger Company, which later became the United Africa Company. The climate is warm and humid, with an overcast wet season, a hot and mostly overcast dry season, and temperatures that typically range between about 22 and 31 degrees Celsius over the year.