An nada '''Kanal (mai ritaya) Robert (Bob) Nnaemeka Akonobi''' a matsayin gwamnan soja na Jihar Anambra, Najeriya, daga Disamba 1987 zuwa Agusta 1990 a lokacin mulkin soja na Janar Ibrahim Babangida. A ranar 27 ga Yunin 1988, Akonobi ya sake kafa kwamitin gudanar da Masana'antun Ruwa na Ma'adanai na Najeriya, wanda ya ba ta damar mayar da kamfanin zuwa wani kamfani mai zaman kansa mai riba. A shekarar 1989, ya kafa hukumar bunkasa dabinon ta Jihar Anambra. Ya ba da izini a hukumance Asibitin Koyarwar Jami’ar Fasaha ta Jihar Anambra, tun da aka sauya masa suna zuwa asibitin koyarwa na Jami’ar Nnamdi Azikiwe, a ranar 19 ga Yulin 1991.  Akonobi ya tsunduma cikin gwagwarmaya tsakanin kungiyoyin Wawa (Anambra ta Arewa) da Ijekebee (Anambra ta Kudu), wanda ya kai kololuwa a zubar da jini a mahadar Nkpor a 1983. A cikin wani littafi mai cike da cece-kuce mai taken Akonobi Brothers and Sisters (ABS), wani daga baya gwamnan jihar Anambra Christian Onoh ya zargi Akonobi da amfani da mukaminsa wajen mallakar dukiya a Enugu.