{"id":27761,"date":"2018-10-28T20:14:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T19:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=27761"},"modified":"2018-10-28T20:20:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T19:20:03","slug":"tony-anenih-dies-at-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/tony-anenih-dies-at-85\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Anenih Dies At 85"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Minister of Works and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, is dead.<\/p>\n

Details of his death were unknown as at press time.<\/p>\n

Anthony Akhakon Anenih was born in Uzenema, Arue in Uromi present day Edo State.<\/p>\n

In 1951 he joined the Nigeria
\nPolice Force in Benin City. <\/p>

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He attended the police college in Ikeja, and was selected for further training in the Bramshill
\nPolice College, Basingstoke, England in 1966 and the International Police Academy,
\nWashington DC in 1970. <\/p>\n

He served as a police orderly to the first Governor General of Nigeria, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe. <\/p>\n

He worked as an instructor
\nin various police colleges, and in 1975 was assigned to the Administrative Staff College
\n(ASCON), Lagos. He retired from the police as a Commissioner of police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Minister of Works and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, is dead. Details of his death were unknown as at press time. Anthony Akhakon Anenih was born in Uzenema, Arue in Uromi present day Edo State. In 1951 he joined the Nigeria Police Force in Benin City. 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