Robert Nnaemeka AKONOBI

Biographical record

Title

Colonel

Surname

AKONOBI

First Name

Robert

Other Names

Nnaemeka

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

September 14, 1941,

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Anambra

Place of Birth

Enugu

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Names of Children

Has six children

Profession

Soldier

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

St Patrick's Primary School, Ogbete, Enugu, College of Immaculate Conception, Enugu, 1951-61, Mons Officers' Cadet School, Aldershot, Hants, England, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, USA, 1964, Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna, 1978;

Previous Appointments

enlisted in the Nigerian Army, 1962; Platoon Commander, United Nations Peacekeeping Force, Congo, 1963; Company Second-in-Command, Nigerian Army Contin gent in Tanzania, 1964; appointed Instructor, Nigerian Defence Academy, 1978; Deputy Defence Adviser, Nigerian High Commission in Tanzania; Director, Equipment Management, Army Headquarters; Chief Instructor and later, Colonel General Staff, Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji, 1983-86; former Commander, 7th Mechanized Brigade, Sokoto; former member, Sokoto State Executive Council, 1986-87; appointed Military Governor, Anambra State, since December 15, 1987;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Hobbies

squash