Enahoro, Anthony Eronsele (1923- )

Nigerian politician, journalist, and company director. A founder member of the Action Group in 1951, he became an active supporter of self-rule. After independence he was the chief opposition spokesperson on foreign affairs. Arrested in 1962, he fled to the UK from where he was extradited, and he was sentenced in Nigeria to 15 years in prison for treason. He was released in 1966 by the new military government of Yokuba Gowon. In 1978 he joined the National Party of Nigeria, which became the ruling party of the Second Republic, and was elected chair of the party in his home state. In 1993 he formed the Movement for National Reform, which joined with other groups to oppose the Abacha regime. He was detained August-December 1994.

Enahoro was born in Uromi, Bendel state, and educated in Lagos. He became editor of several newspapers including the Southern Nigerian Defender in 1944 and the Nigerian Star.