An online news blog, Equity Reporters has called on the Ngwa bloc in Abia South to allow equity, justice and fairness to reign by allowing an Ukwa West indigene to go for the Senate in 2027.
Abia South Senatorial District is composed of four Ngwa local government areas and two Ukwa local government areas.
In an editorial titled, “2027 Abia South Senatorial District Election, Fundamental Facts The Ngwa Need Not Ignore”, published March 10, 2026, the online news platform stated that the Abia South Senatorial District seat has adamantly been occupied by Senator Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe, from the Ngwa bloc since 2007, with the implication that by May, 2027, he would have occupied the seat for 20 years.
It says, “this show of insensitivity and inconsideration can never give room for a harmonious bilateral relationship. If the mindset the Ngwa bloc has, in their relationship with the Ukwa bloc, is that they can keep the Ukwa bloc perpetually marginalized because it is a minority group, it could serve them well today, but who knows what tomorrow would look like”.
The editorial continues, “If that gesture of equity is shown to the Ukwa bloc, it would be very helpful to the Ngwa bloc. Already, the Ukwa bloc is lying flat on the ground and, so, is not afraid of any fall. But this is not so with the Ngwa bloc. She really needs the support of the Ukwa bloc. It will be necessary to change, in practical terms, the deep perception among the Ukwa that Ngwa people hold a very demeaning perception about the Ukwa Man, and are only freely disposed to marginalising them in all fronts. The perception could change through a rethink by the Majority Ngwa. 2027 Abia-South Senatorial District Election could serve as the elixir.”
Equity Reporters warns, “In a situation where the Ukwa bloc gets convinced that nothing good can come out of her proximal relationship with the Ngwa bloc and, so, makes up her mind to align perpetually with the Old Bende of Abia State, that could create some political dislocations for the Ngwa bloc.”
