Anthony Ukpabi Asika

Anthony Ukpabi Asika (28 ga Yuni, 1936 - 14 ga Satumba, 2004) ya kasance ma'aikacin ilimi kuma ma'aikacin gwamnati a Najeriya. Ya yi aiki a matsayin Manajan Jihar Gabas ta Tsakiya a zamanin mulkin soja na Janar Yakubu Gowon, wanda aka nada lokacin da wanda ya gada, gwamnan yankin Gabas Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, ya jagoranci jihar Biafra zuwa ballewa.

Anthony Ukpabi Asika
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Onitsha, 2 ga Yuni, 1936
ƙasa	Najeriya
Mutuwa	Jaguar Abuja, 14 Satumba 2004
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan siyasa

Bayan Fage

An haifi Asika a Onitsha a jihar Anambra ta zamani a ranar 28 ga Yuni 1936.  Mahaifinsa shine Edward Obiozo Asika na Daular Ijelekpe a ƙauyen Ogbeoza, Onitsha.  Ya yi karatu a matsayin St. Patrick's College, Calabar, Edo College and University College, yanzu Jami'ar Ibadan . Ya yi aiki a matsayin magatakarda na Majalisar Garin Onitsha (1953), Ma'aikaci a Sashen Kasuwanci da Fitar da kaya, Legas, Ma'aikaci a Hukumar Talla ta Arewacin Najeriya, Kano . Asika ya yi karatu a Jami'ar California, Berkeley a Amurka daga 1961 zuwa 1965 sannan ya zama malami a Kimiyyar Siyasa a Jami'ar Ibadan tsakanin 1965 zuwa 1967.  Malami ne mai ilimi.

Administrata na Gabas ta Tsakiya

An nada Asika a matsayin mai kula da Jihar Gabas ta Tsakiya a watan Oktoban 1967 a lokacin yakin basasar Biafra, wanda aka kafa a Enugu wanda a zahiri shi ne babban birnin jihar da ta balle. Rediyon Biyafara ya yi amfani da laƙabin “Lord Haw Haw” ga Asika, wanda ya kasance ɗan asalin Igbo mai goyon bayan gwamnatin tarayya. Bayan yaƙin ya ƙare a 1970 yana da alhakin gudanar da babban ɓangaren tsoffin yankunan Biafra. An ce gwamnatinsa tana fama da yunwa da kudi. Ya yi matukar adawa da kirkiro sabbin jihohi. Yayin da yake gwamna, shi ma memba ne a Kwamitin Fasaha kan Binciken Ƙididdigar Ƙasa daga 1973 zuwa 1975.

Sana'a daga baya

Asika daga baya shi ne Jagoran tawagar tawagar shugaban kasa zuwa Nijar, Chadi da Kamaru wadanda suka tattauna akan sake bude iyakokin Najeriya a shekarar 1985. Asika ta sha fama da bugun jini a shekarar 1996, tana bukatar kulawar likita mai yawa, kuma tun daga wannan lokacin ba ta da lafiya.  Ya rasu a ranar 14 ga Satumba 2004.

Asika ta auri marigayi Cif Mrs. Chinyere Asika, kuma ma'auratan sun haifi 'ya'ya uku: Obi, Nkiru da Uju.