He then became Military Administrator of Abia State in August 1998, handing over power to the civilian governor Orji Uzor Kalu in May 1999.
[2] He inherited problems in Osun State with conflict between the Ife and Modakeke people, which periodically erupted into violence.
[3] Anthony Obi set up a Royal Committee to make recommendations on resolving the crisis, and declared a seven-day fasting and prayer program in March 1998 concentrating on peace in Ile-Ife.
[5] When two factions of the union of Local Government Employees began publishing two rival newsletters, Anthony Obi banned them both.
[7] As administrator of Abia State, he built Camp Neya, a government retreat and golf course in undulating country in Igbere, commissioned on his last day in power on 28 May 1999.