Political Tension Deepens as Conflicting Claims Emerge Over APC Reps Ticket

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The controversy generated by the May 16, 2026 House of Representatives primary election conducted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Ukwa East/Ukwa West Federal Constituency of Abia State has continued unabated.

This is despite the recent declaration by the party in the state affirming Chris Nkwonta as the winner of the primary election.

The Abia State chapter of the APC had on July 1, 2026, reaffirmed that the primary election was won by the incumbent member of the House of Representatives, Chris Nkwonta, dismissing claims suggesting otherwise.

However, on Sunday, a large gathering of APC members from the oil-producing communities of the Ukwa East/Ukwa West Federal Constituency assembled at Oforji Road, off Port Harcourt Road in Obehie, Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State, insisting that the party’s House of Representatives ticket was won by their son, Samuel Nwogu, the former Chairman of the Abia State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ASOPADEC).

The pro-Nwogu supporters, who carried placards during the gathering, included members of the New Ukwa Progressive Initiative (NUPI), Asa Development Union (ADA), Renewed Hope Ambassadors, alongside other indigenes.

The leaders, who spoke through Akanwa Franklin, Boniface Nwaigwe and others, argued that the House of Representatives seat had been occupied by one section of the constituency for the past 20 consecutive years.

While appreciating President Bola Tinubu and the APC National Chairman, Professor Nenwata Yilwatda, for what they described as maintaining equity and fairness during the primary election, the Ukwa leaders warned against any action capable of disrupting the peace in the oil-producing communities.

Meanwhile, another group of APC leaders loyal to the incumbent House of Representatives member, Chris Nkwonta, has held a press conference declaring that Nkwonta remains the APC candidate for the 2027 House of Representatives election.

The pro-Nkwonta group, which gathered in Akwete, Ukwa East Local Government Area, on Tuesday, rejected any move to recognise Samuel Nwogu as the party’s candidate.

In a communiqué jointly signed by the Chairman of the APC in Ukwa East Local Government Area, Chiwuike Ekeke, the Chairman of the APC in Ukwa West Local Government Area, Success Enyinnaya, and others, the group maintained that the APC ticket for the federal constituency was legitimately won by Nkwonta.

They stressed that Nkwonta’s victory was officially announced by the Chairman of the Abia State National Assembly Primary Elections Committee constituted by the National Working Committee, Erasmus Cishak, insisting that his candidacy has neither been substituted nor withdrawn at any point.

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