History of tony anenih biography
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Chief Anthony Akhakon Anenih, a frontline politician in this country one of the most visible national politicians in this Republic, died on October 28, at the age of Anenih was born on August 4, in Uzenema-Arue in Uromi, Edo State. Early in life he finished his secondary education and joined the Nigeria Police Force in Benin City. He attended the Police College in Ikeja and was selected for further training at the Bramshill Police College, Basingstoke, England in and the International Police Academy, Washington DC in
He served as a police orderly to the first Governor General of Nigeria, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and later worked as an instructor in various police colleges. In he was assigned to the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, [ASCON] in Badagry, Lagos State. He retired from the police as a Commissioner of Police. Anenih was State Chairman of the National Party of Nigeria [NPN] in Bendel State between and , helping Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia to become the state’s second elected c
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OBITUARY: Tony Anenih, Zik&#;s former police orderly who could &#;fix&#; anything
Until , Tony Anenih could fix anything in politics, but the former chairman of the PDP board of trustees was on Sunday outsmarted by death at a ripe age of For a man who played lead roles in installing Nigerian presidents from to , he definitely earned his stripes as Nigeria&#;s foremost political strategist.
From the moment he joined politics in early , Anenih remained a trailblazer and left his marks. He is surely going to be remembered for many feats, but one quality stands out: delivering results whenever he was needed by his party. His only record of failure at the national level was in when President Muhammadu Buhari swept the PDP out of power.
POLICE ORDERLY TO ZIK
Born on August 4, , Anenih finished his secondary school education and enrolled at Police College, Ikeja, from where he was selected for further training in the Bramshill Police College in England and later passed through
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A Minute Silence for the Fixer
Known to always shoot from behind the scene, he bestrode Nigeria’s political terrain with panache and unrivalled capacity. Is a minute’s silence for Chief Anthony Anenih, the late former chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, asking for much? Shola Oyeyipo writes
When one of the most prominent political figures in Nigeria, Edo State-born Chief Anthony Anenih – ‘Mr. Fix It’ – was pronounced dead at age 85 on Sunday, October 28, , it was obvious that his family, friends, state, country and politicians across the political divides would have so much to say about his life and time.
Anenih was a man of many parts. He was Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR), the Iyasele (Prime Minister) of Esanland, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and in , the Board and Management of The Sun Publishing Limited conferred him with t