{"id":7571,"date":"2026-07-03T19:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/?p=7571"},"modified":"2026-07-03T19:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:33:26","slug":"2027-old-aba-division-forum-backs-opahs-guber-bid-declares-support-for-tinubu-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/2027-old-aba-division-forum-backs-opahs-guber-bid-declares-support-for-tinubu-others\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: Old Aba Division Forum Backs Opah\u2019s Guber Bid, Declares Support for Tinubu, Others"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u200eAhead of the 2027 general elections, the Old Aba Division People\u2019s Forum, a prominent socio-political group in Abia State, has thrown its weight behind the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Chief Eric Opah, describing him as an aboriginal son, Nfu-La-Ala, of Old Aba Division, Ukwa\/Ngwa.
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\n\u200eThe Forum said it is made up largely of members from the Ukwa\/Ngwa extraction, and its decision is driven by the need to rally behind \u201cone of their own\u201d who has proven himself and achieved success over the years.
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\n\u200eThe resolution was reached during a meeting held on Friday in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State, after which the Forum issued a communiqu\u00e9.
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\n\u200eReading the communiqu\u00e9, Elder John Nwangborogwu stated that the Forum\u2019s position is anchored on the APC\u2019s decision as a leading political party to award its 2027 Abia governorship ticket to an aboriginal son of Old Aba Division, Ukwa\/Ngwa, Chief Eric Opah, Nfu-La-Ala, Nwa-Afo Ukwa\/Ngwa.
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\n\u200e\u201cIn the light of the above, we have resolved to totally align with and massively support the APC in Abia State and Nigeria as a whole,\u201d the Forum declared.
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\n\u200eThe group congratulated Chief Eric Opah on his emergence as the APC governorship candidate for 2027, and pledged to mobilize massively for him \u201call the way to his God-ordained victory\u201d at the polls.
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\n\u200eThe Old Aba Division People\u2019s Forum also reaffirmed its unwavering support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR.
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\n\u200eThe Forum further cautioned President Tinubu against taking seriously the Labour Party\u2019s claim in the state that it would vote for him in 2027, describing the assurance as deceitful.
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\n\u200eIt also announced support for other APC candidates contesting various positions, including:
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\n\u200e1.\u00a0 Senate, Abia South Senatorial Zone*: Erondu Uchenna Erondu Jnr
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\n\u200e2.\u00a0 Aba North\/Aba South Federal Constituency: Rt. Hon. Uzo Azubuike
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\n3.\u00a0 Ukwa East\/Ukwa West Federal Constituency: Hon. Chris Nkwonta
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\n4.\u00a0 Obingwa\/Ugwunagbo\/Osisioma Federal Constituency: Prince Udo Alozie
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5. Isiala Ngwa North\/Isiala Ngwa South Federal Constituency: Chief Sir Uzoma Ihuka<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 All APC House of Assembly candidates from the Old Aba Division, Ukwa\/Ngwa Zone
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\n\u200eThe names and signatures of members who signed the communiqu\u00e9 are attached below.<\/p>\n

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\u200eAhead of the 2027 general elections, the Old Aba Division People\u2019s Forum, a prominent socio-political group in Abia State, has thrown its weight behind the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Chief Eric Opah, describing him as an aboriginal son, Nfu-La-Ala, of Old Aba Division, Ukwa\/Ngwa. \u200e \u200eThe Forum said it is made up largely of members from the Ukwa\/Ngwa extraction, and its decision is driven by the need to rally behind \u201cone of their own\u201d who has proven himself and achieved success over the years. \u200e \u200eThe resolution was reached during a meeting held on Friday in Aba, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7575,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7571\/revisions\/7575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}