It’s time for Ukwa clan to arise

It’s time for Ukwa clan to arise

By Chinweuba Wachukwu

Ukwa land is made up two local government areas, Ukwa East and Ukwa West.

Generally, Ukwa People according to research is said to have migrated from the riverline parts of Niger Delta.

Ukwa East is said to be occupied by Ndoki clan while Ukwa West is inhabited by Asa clan.
In 1976 part of Ukwa division was curved out and placed in present Rivers state by Justice Mamman Nasir Boundary adjustment before then, history has it that Ukwa people had their Kith and kins in Obigbo (now Oyibo) in Rivers state.

One thing Ukwa and Oyibo indigenes have in common, is that they speak the same language and have the same culture ties despite being in different states as a result of the boundary adjustment in 1976.

Ukwa is blessed with natural resources (Crude Oil Deposit) Which Abia state is enjoying today and that is why Abia state is an Oil Producing State

However, politically, Ukwa people have been marginalized, mostly by their brothers, THE NGWA PEOPLE.

For instance, have you wondered why, of all the over five times Ukwa Ngwa group was given the opportunity to produce the deputy governor of Abia state, no single Ukwa man was chosen.

Even in the Senatorial seat, they agreed on power rotation with their Ngwa brother but they ended up being cheated.

Adolf Wabara from Ukwa was elected Senator in 1999 he was reelected In 2003 and his tenure ended in 2007, after which the seat was rotated to Ngwa clan, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe was elected Senator of the Zone, at the end of his second term in office as Senator in 2015, he cunningly returned back to the senate even when an Ukwa man, Chris Nkwonta who was then running for the senate reminded them ( Ngwa people) of their pact with their people, yet Abaribe did everything he can to return to the senate again and again.

Even when the governorship seat was zoned to ABIA South, yet an Ngwa man, Okezie Ikpeazu from Obingwa was chosen.

From 2015 till date Obingwa people occupied both the Senatorial seat of Abia South and the governorship seat of Abia state leaving Ukwa with nothing.

Even now that the incumbent governor is being persuaded by Ngwa group to retain power in the clan (Ukwa Ngwa) yet Ukwa was never considered to produce the governor.

UKWA people have for long been treated as “USE AND DUMP” by their NGWA counterparts. They are only remembered whenever power is being canvassed, once the Ngwa group actualise their dream (Power), then the relevance of UKWA group to them will automatically be dismissed.

If NDI UKWA, will look at their back, look at the front, look at their right and left, if they will be honest to themselves, they will see a enough reason to support Power Shift to Abia North Zone. So that when next it will be the turn of Abia South Zone to produce the governor of Abia state, other zones will inturn support the emergence of an Ukwa man as PDP flag bearer for the governorship position. For, it is only through power rotation that an UKWA man can one day become the governor of Abia state.

Arise now NDI UKWA Arise!

My name is Chinweuba Wachukwu

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