A group of residents and stakeholders under the banner of Aba-Ngwa People for Justice, Equity and Fairness has launched a pointed public campaign against what they describe as the prolonged monopolisation of the Abia South Senatorial seat by one bloc of the zone, demanding a rotation of the seat to Old Aba ahead of the 2027 general elections.
In a statement dated May 13, 2026, the group threw its weight behind the candidacy of Uche Wogu, describing his name as synonymous with equity, fairness, justice, and quality representation.
Three Blocs, One Beneficiary
The group framed its argument around the composition of the Abia South Senatorial Zone, which it said comprises three distinct historical blocs Old Aba, made up of Aba North and Aba South federal constituencies; Old Obioma Ngwa, comprising Obingwa and Ugwunagbo; and Old Ukwa, covering Ukwa East and Ukwa West.
According to the group, when democracy returned in 1999, Old Ukwa produced the first senator in the zone through Senator Adolphus Wabara, who served two terms spanning 1999 to 2007. Upon Wabara’s exit, Old Obioma Ngwa took over through Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, who has held the seat continuously from 2007 to date and is on course to clock 20 years in the Senate by the time of the next election.
“Food made for three brothers shouldn’t end up in the belly of one,” the group declared, arguing that morality, equity, and justice demanded that political power circulate among all three blocs.
The Arithmetic Of Exclusion
The group went further to present what it called a straightforward rotation logic that should have governed the zone’s political history. Had the natural sequence been followed, it argued, Old Obioma Ngwa’s senator should have stepped aside by 2015, allowing Old Aba to produce a senator.
That Old Aba senator would in turn have vacated the seat by 2023, making way for Old Ukwa to return for another cycle meaning the current conversation should now be about completing Old Ukwa’s second rotation, not extending Old Obioma Ngwa’s already extended tenure.
Instead, the group said, Old Aba has been entirely locked out of the Senate seat since the return of democracy a situation it described as internal marginalisation that contradicted the Igbo community’s own longstanding cry against marginalisation at the national level.
“We as Ndigbo have been crying out about marginalisation in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. How come people who lament marginalisation for several decades have decided to give deaf ears and blind eyes to the internal marginalisation ongoing in Abia South?” the group asked.
What Old Aba Is Owed
The group rejected any suggestion that the status quo could be rationally defended, arguing that nearly two decades of representation by a single bloc had not translated into visible development for the zone.
It pointed to the absence of a university of science and technology in Aba despite the area’s commercial and intellectual profile, the persistence of abandoned NDDC projects in the oil-rich Ukwa communities, and the failure to develop an agricultural hub in the vast lands of Old Obioma Ngwa.
“Nobody in Abia South can vividly give a rational reason for the status quo to be maintained without sounding ridiculous,” the statement read.
Wogu Presented As Answer
Against this backdrop, the group presented Uche Wogu as its candidate of choice for the 2027 Abia South Senate race, describing him as the vehicle through which the zone could simultaneously achieve rotation and quality representation.
The group appealed directly to constituents from Old Obioma Ngwa to search their consciences and acknowledge that the current arrangement was not fair, calling on all residents and indigenous people of Abia South both at home and in the diaspora to use the 2027 election as an opportunity to correct a long-standing imbalance.
“Let us use this opportunity to enthrone equity with quality service and representation,” the statement concluded.
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