Edo Monarch accuses Chief Tony Anenih of murder plot

– Chief Tony Anenih has been accused of plot to
kill a monarch in Edo state
– HRH Ehidiamen Aidonojie said the former BOT of
PDP has a hidden agenda
– The Edo monarch says a petition is to be
submitted to the IG of police
HRH Ehidiamen Aidonojie, the Onojie of Opoji and
vice chairman, Edo state council of traditional rulers
and chiefs, has accused Chief Tony Anenih of plotting
to assassinate him.
Chief Tony Anenih has been accused of plotting to kill
a monarch in Edo state over the political affairs of
the state.
The monarch raised the alarm yesterday, July 25, he
said he was being threatened by the former chairman,
Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).
The Onojie said that his lawyers were already preparing
a petition to be submitted to the Inspector General of
police and the state police commissioner, Chris Ezike.
He added that it was “because I told the world that
Esan Royal fathers never endorsed Ize-Iyamu”.
The Vanguard reports that in reaction, Chief Anenih,
took a swipe at the Onojie of Opoji, Ehidiamen
Aidonojie I, 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.
Chief Anenih told news 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?”
The Royal father, had alleged that Anenih called
him shouting his disappointment. “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.