Chief Tony Anenih
According to a report on Vanguard,
HRH Ehidiamen Aidonojie I, the Onojie of Opoji, has raised an alarm
yesterday, saying that he was being threatened by Chief Tony Anenih, the
former chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Board of Trustees.
The Vice Chairman, Edo State Council of Traditional Rulers and
Chiefs, said that his lawyers were already preparing a petition to be
submitted to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the state Police
Commissioner Chris Ezike, on the issue, adding that it was 'because I
told the world that Esan Royal fathers never endorsed Ize-Iyamu.'
The Royal father alleged;
“He (Anenih) called me shouting at me ‘Your Highness, I am
disappointed in you.’ I asked him what I had done, he kept shouting
'what has Oshiomhole (governor) done' for me in my life and I told him
to stop insulting me even if he is Anenih, that I am a traditional ruler
for Christ sake.
“He said that was why he was not happy that I attended the
function at the Onojie of Uromi’s palace. He went on to say that he
thought we had settled, he said he thought we had settled our problem.
But I told him that what we agreed was that he should make an Esan man
governor but he never did it.
“Rather what he brought to Esan people now was deputy governor
and he still kept it in Uromi. And that was the same thing we have been
complaining, all the ministers have come from his place in Uromi and in
every election, he will ask Esan people to vote PDP. I asked why did he
not move the deputy governorship to another community in Esanland, must
it be Uromi?
“He said I should be careful and he was warning me. First of
all, it is an abomination to insult a Royal father like me. I have
briefed my lawyers and we are petitioning the IG of Police. I have
already informed the state Commissioner of Police and the DSS. Why must
Esan people vote PDP when in Esan, most of us have been marginalised
while Uromi remains the Israel," he said.
Chief Anenih has however reacted and took a swipe at the royal
father saying that he has never killed anyone in his life time even when
he was a young person, let alone now that he is 83.
When contacted on the telephone by a correspondent, Chief Anenih, said;
“Onojie of Opoji was one of the traditional rulers who received
our candidate and the PDP's governorship candidate for the September
election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. I know him very well. I never killed
somebody in my life even as a Police Constable. Is it now that I will be
83 that I will kill somebody? I will not kill anybody in my life. I am a
peaceful man. I will not kill an ordinary man, a big man, a traditional
ruler or anybody. I will not even contemplate killing the Onojie of
Opoji, why will I do that?”
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