Political associates mourn Enahoro’s widow

By Clifford Ndujihe
LAGOS— Political associates of Chief Anthony Enahoro have commiserated with the family of the late sage and the entire Benin Kingdom on the passing of the matriarch of the Enahoro dynasty and an eminent Princess in Edo land, Princess Helen Enahoro, who died in Lagos, weekend, aged 79 after a brief illness

According to a statement signed by Mr Olawale Okunniyi on behalf of the Pro-National Conference Organisation, PRONACO and the Enahoro Political Caucus, Helen Enahoro was more than a wife to the political icon.

Enahoro Caucus described Princess Helen as a rock of Gibraltar, standing astutely behind his husband’s political movement as well as various travails from Action Group of the 1950’s to PRONACO of 2000’s

Okunniyi recalled that Mama Enahoro was always at her best giving encouragement and support to associates and followers of Chief Enahoro at trying times, especially in the face of  political persecutions by the Nigerian state.

“We are shocked to learn of the demise of Princess Helen Enahoro, a great Amazon of the democratic movement in Nigeria, who passed on precisely a year after papa Enahoro, our leader and his husband was committed to mother earth. The vacuum being created by the sudden loss of Mama will definitely be difficult to fill in the struggle of our movement to restructure Nigeria for political stability and economic prosperity

Mama was a positive influence on the democratic movement when Chief Enahoro was imprisoned by the Abacha military junta in Calabar in the 1990’s. She was also a pillar when she subsequently moved with her husband into exile in the United States following several attempts at Chief Enahoro’s life by Abacha. Her support was also remarkable throughout the PRONACO struggles, which yielded a draft peoples constitution for Nigeria in 2007,” PRONACO Said

Okunniyi said details of Princess Helen Enahoro burial would be announced later by the Enahoro family.