Idakwo Ameh Oboni II

Oboni II was born in 1948. In 1960, he completed his primary school education at Saint Boniface in Idah. He then advanced to Saint Augustine College, Kabba, where he graduated in 1967.[4] He proceeded to Kaduna Polytechnic afterwards and graduated with a certificate in Estate Management in 1980.[4]

He then joined the Nigerian Air Force in 1968 and voluntarily left service in 1974. He later worked as land inspection officer in the Ministry of Lands in the then old Kwara State and left in 1975 in pursuit of education. In 1981, he joined the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) and over the years, rose to the position of Deputy Director, retiring in 2006.[4]

After the demise of the 26th Attah Igala in 2012, Ameh was unanimously selected by the four ruling houses in Igalaland as successor to the throne. He confessed to be the first Attah to be married to a single wife in the history of Igala land.[4]

With the coming of the Buhari administration in Nigeria, HRM Ameh Oboni II in 2016 in Idah, during the celebration of his third anniversary on the throne, tasked the president "to begin his change mantra in Kogi State".[5]

After the 2019 electoral polls ensued by violence, the Attah Igala placed ancestral curse on those who perpetrated those electoral violent acts in the state.[6]

He was described as a man of peace and one who gave wise counsels and with a reputation for honesty. His son, Prince Ocholi Idakwo described him as "a man of action and one who was passionate about upholding the rich culture of Igala".[7]

He reportedly died on Thursday morning on 27 August, 2020 after a brief reign of about eight years, which began after the death of his predecessor who reigned for 52 years.[8] Oboni II died in an Abuja hospital after undergoing a pile operation.[4]