Obianyor was listed No. 6 on the merit list of students invited for interview from all over the Country for admission into Class 1 in G.C.U.
He also made the best result in Umuahia in the Cambridge School Certificate Examinations of 1961 in Grade 1. He was a School Coloured first XI football player, School Cricket player and House Prefect.

After Umuahia, he proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University Zaria on a Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship in 1964. After the Nigerian Civil War interruption of his studies (1966-1970) he graduated “Summa Cum Laude” with a

First Class Honours Degree (B. Eng.) in Mechanical Engineering in 1971, again producing the best result in his class to win the Shell-BP Prize for the “Most Outstanding Graduate in Mechanical Engineering in 1971 at the same University.

He worked briefly at U.A.C. and proceeded to Cambridge University on a Commonwealth Scholarship in 1974 and was admitted into the same College as Sir Isaac Newton. He bagged a Doctorate Degree PHD (Cantab) in 1977 before returning to Nigeria in 1978 to work for Shell Petroleum Development Company (S.P.D.C) and thereafter for N.N.P.C where he worked for 24 years and retired in February 2004 after reaching the statutory retirement age of 60 years in the rank of Ag. Group General Manager (Engineering).

He carried out research in Cambridge University where he discovered a new Crack Propagation Law which enables one to predict the Speed with which Cracks start to grow in metals before they can be seen by the naked eyes and lead to catastrophic failure of Engineering Components. He was involved in the management of the first Atlas Cove Jetty project, Escravos to Warri Gas Pipeline feasibility studies and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project on Bonny Island, after 30 years of false starts.

He is married to Mrs. Obiageli R. Obianyor (Nee Okagbue of Obosi) and they are blessed with four children - Alban, Antonio, Osmond and Vivian, who are University graduates in various fields of Engineering and Technology.

Obianyor was between 1980 and 1985, Assistant Secretary and General Secretary of the Association in Lagos. He supported financially, the Golden and Diamond Jubilee events of the College and was one of the key organizers who participated in the successful launch of the N500 Million Endowment Fund of the College in 2006 in Abuja. Currently he is the Chairman/CEO of Jomega Nigeria Ltd - an Engineering Services Provider and Consultants to the petroleum industry.

CNC Nweke - President, GCUOBA Lagos Branch

P.N. Obidike (Engr, Chief, Sir.)

Prof. Eugene Onyekwelu Arene

Barr. Uchenna Chinenye Ihediwa

Barr. Theodore Anachuna Ezeobi (SAN)

Engr. Dominic Okafor Igboesoka Ekesi

Ben Anene Osuno

Col. Anthony Okoro Eze

HRH, Prof. Laz Edward Nwanyelu Ekwueme

Engr. Bertram Ogugua Anyaoku

Surv. Damian Anaekperechi Nzenwa

Engr. Christopher Ekegbo Okoye

Engr. Joseph A. Iro

Engr. L.A.O Amu

Sir. Chike Onyeka

Chukwuemeka Ifezulike