Robert Akonobi

Robert Nnaemeka Akonobi
Military Governor of Anambra State
In office
December 1987 – August 1990
Preceded bySamson Omeruah
Succeeded byHerbert Eze

Colonel (retired) Robert (Bob) Nnaemeka Akonobi was appointed military governor of Anambra State, Nigeria, from December 1987 to August 1990 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.[1]

On 27 June 1988, Akonobi reconstituted the board of Nigeria Mineral Water Industries, empowering it turn the company into a profitable private venture.[2]

In 1989, he established the Anambra State Oil Palm Development Agency.[3]

He officially commissioned the Anambra State University of Technology Teaching Hospital, since renamed the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, on 19 July 1991.[4]

Akonobi was entangled in the struggle between the Wawa (Anambra North) and Ijekebee (Anambra South) groups, which reached its peak in a bloodbath at Nkpor junction in 1983.[5]

In a controversial book titled Akonobi Brothers and Sisters (ABS), a later governor of Anambra State Christian Onoh accused Akonobi of using his position to acquire property in Enugu.[6]

Onoh, who owned 510 undeveloped lots of land, described "monumental corruption" and said the Akonobi brothers had stolen huge amounts of Federal funds. Akonibi denied the allegations.[7]

After the restoration of democracy with the Nigerian Fourth Republic, Akonobi joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and became a force in Anambra State politics. In 2002, he was coordinator of President Olusegun Obasanjo's Campaign Organization in Anambra State for the 2003 elections.[8]

He became a member of the New Anambra Elders Forum, set up after a political crisis that followed the 2003 elections.[9]

In February 2008 Akonobi's home in Enugu was destroyed by fire.[10]

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  3. ^ "Commodities > Fruits, Nuts and Oils". OT Africa Line. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  4. ^ "About NAUTH". Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  5. ^ Okereke, C. Nna-Emeka (2008-09-21). "Opensore of a Democracy: An Empirical Analysis of the Anambra Political Crisis". Peace, Conflict and Development Research. Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  6. ^ Gabriel, Chioma; Edike, Tony (2009-05-09). "C.C. Onoh - the Exit of a Statesman". Vanguard. Retrieved 2010-05-10 – via allAfrica.
  7. ^ Ojo, Bamidele A. (1998). Nigeria's Third Republic: the problems and prospects of political transition to civil rule. Nova Publishers. p. 158. ISBN 1-56072-580-X.
  8. ^ Uneze, Amby (2002-10-09). "Igbo 'Ll Reap From Obasanjo's Re-Election, Says Akonobi". This Day. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  9. ^ Epia, Oke (2004-01-16). "Ngige: APGA Opposes Elders Forum". This Day. Archived from the original on 2005-04-27. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  10. ^ Ugwoke, Francis (2008-02-15). "Ex-Governor Akonobi's House Gutted By Fire". This Day. Retrieved 2010-05-10.