Robert Akonobi
| Robert Nnaemeka Akonobi | |
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| Military Governor of Anambra State | |
| In office December 1987 – August 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Samson Omeruah |
| Succeeded by | Herbert 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 got entangled in the struggle between the Wawa (Anambra North) and Ijekebee (Anambra South) groups, which had 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 himself 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 People's 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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