Robert Akonobi
Robert Nnaemeka Akonobi | |
|---|---|
| Military Governor of Anambra State | |
| In office December 1987 – August 1990 | |
| 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 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]
References
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- ^ "Commodities > Fruits, Nuts and Oils". OT Africa Line. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ^ "About NAUTH". Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gabriel, Chioma; Edike, Tony (2009-05-09). "C.C. Onoh - the Exit of a Statesman". Vanguard. Retrieved 2010-05-10 – via allAfrica.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Epia, Oke (2004-01-16). "Ngige: APGA Opposes Elders Forum". This Day. Archived from the original on 2005-04-27. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ^ Ugwoke, Francis (2008-02-15). "Ex-Governor Akonobi's House Gutted By Fire". This Day. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
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