Anthony Ukpabi Asika (June 28, 1936 – September 14, 2004), the Ajie of Onitsha, was a Nigerian academic and civil servant.
Administrator of East Central State (the area that constitutes the current five States of the South East geopolitical zone) during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon, Dr. Asika was appointed ECS Administrator in October 1967, at the start of the Nigerian Biafran war, but did not function effectively until after the war, which ended in 1970.
Asika, who died exactly 20 years ago on Friday, September 14, was a family man (pictured above riding a bicycle with his first son, Obi).
Obi is the current Director-General of the National Arts Council, Abuja
