The rumpus  in Ukwa la Ngwa Elders Council came to a climax Tuesday, September8 14, as former deputy governor, Acho Nwakanma, former Commissioner, Don Ubani and others pulled out of the Council and  regrouped as PDP Elders Council.


And at their formal inaugural meeting the PDP Elders announced their endorsement of Professor Uche Ikonne, the Abia PDP governorship candidate


Dailyledger.com.ng reports that there has been a face-off between Dr Max Nduaguibe, Founder/Leader Ukwa la Ngwa Elders Council and Nwakanma over by the q it question of endorsing any of the governorship candidate of Ngwa extraction.


While Nduaguibe had cautioned that the Council thread softly and monitor the political terrain before taking any decision, the Nwakanma-led group was for immediate endorsement of Prof Ikonne even before the campaigns take off.


However in a related development, the member representing ABA South in the Abia House of Assembly, Hon Obinna Ichitta has dismissed the the activities of  the Ukwa la Ngwa Elders Council contending that with the emergence of a third force in Abia politics, there is no more room for cabals.


Ichitta, who is also the APGA deputy governor candidate described  members of the Council  as elders who sat idly at home while the goat delivers in the tethers. In a press release, Ichitta stated that “the next Governor of Abia state will not be determined by a few elders from Ukwa la Ngwa extraction” adding that “a third force has emerged in the Abia political landscape” therefore, there is no more room for cabals.


According to Ichitta, "The attempt by a few persons (of Ukwa la Ngwa extraction) to mask their group’s interest as the interest of the entire Ukwa la Ngwa people must be resisted by all conscious and revolutionary Ukwa la ngwa indigenes;  Same way that revolutionary Abia youths have resolved to mount a robust resistance against the threats of attack/persecution of opposition politicians and opposition lawmakers in Abia state".