Obong Akpan Isemin listenⓘ was elected governor of Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria from January 1992 to November 1993 during the Nigerian Third Republic.
Isemin was born about 1939 in Mbioto, Etinan local government area in Akwa Ibom state, of Ibibio background.
[3] Running on the National Republican Convention (NRC) platform, Isemin was elected Governor of Akwa Ibom state on 14 December 1991, serving from 2 January 1992 to 18 November 1993, and losing office after the military coup that brought General Sani Abacha to power.
He managed to persuade the Federal government to increase the oil revenue allocation from N350,000 per month to N11.2 million.
[4] At the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic in 1999, Isemin again sought election as Akwa Ibom governor running on the All People's Party (APP) platform, but lost to Obong Victor Attah.