Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has constituted a 2027 Labour Party Campaign Advisory Council, naming former Deputy Governor Ude Oko Chukwu as chairman, with prominent party leaders and stakeholders, including Kalu Nto, Uche Ogah and Monday Ubani, SAN, among its members.
The council is expected to provide strategic advice and mobilise support for the Labour Party ahead of the 2027 general elections.
According to a statement issued on Monday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ukoha Njoku Ukoha, the council will be inaugurated on Sunday, November 1, 2026, as part of activities marking the formal commencement of the party’s governorship campaign.
The inauguration will begin with a church service at the Umuahia Township Stadium, where members of the council are expected to be seated by 12 noon.
Oko Chukwu, a former Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly and former deputy governor, will chair the council, as previously announced by Otti.
The council comprises party leaders, technocrats and other stakeholders drawn from the state’s 17 local government areas.
Among the prominent members are former Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Uche Ogah; legal practitioner and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Monday Ubani; and engineer Kalu Nto.
Other members include Ken Ahia, SAN; Umeh Kalu, SAN; Chris Adighije; Bob Nwannunu; former Abia lawmaker Michael Ibe Nwoke; and former Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Kennedy Njoku.
Also named are former Abia State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, ACB Agbazuere; former federal lawmaker Arua Arunsi; former lawmaker Ngozi Ulunwa; and former Deputy Governor’s contemporaries and other political stakeholders across the state.
The council’s membership is distributed across the 17 local government areas, with representatives expected to draw on their political experience and grassroots networks to support the party’s campaign.
In Aba North, members include Ideh John Udeagbala, Greg Okafor, Professor Charles Chinekezi, G. C. Duru and Uzoma N. Ndukuba. Aba South is represented by Uche Wogu, Leo Ike Okoye and Chinedu Onyeizu.
In Arochukwu, members include Joe Ezearo, Jude Nwosu, Kalu Nto, Donatus Okorie, Daniel Okeke and Eric Aso Kalu. Bende’s representatives are Johnson Chukwu, Paschal Nnamso Kalu, Sunday Ugwa and Ukwu Rocks Emma.
Ikwuano’s members are Monday Ubani, Mark Okezie Chinyere and Collins Chiemela Abraham, while Isialangwa North is represented by Ncheta Omerekpe, Cyprian Nwankwo and Reagan Uformba.
Members from Isialangwa South include ACB Agbazuere, Victor Amuta, Chinagorom Nwankpa, Bob Nwannunu and Elelenta N. Elele.
In Isuikwuato, the council includes Uche Ogah, Ken Ahia, Stella Enyiocha, Ray Nkemdirim and Onyinye Rufus Obi. Obingwa’s representatives are Eziuche Ubani, Michael Ibe Nwoke, Stanley Egege, John Osuagwu and Friday Alozie.
Ohafia is represented by Leslie Ezeikpe, Umeh Kalu, Arua Arunsi, Jackson Agbai and Uduma Kalu, while Osisioma’s members include Enyinnaya Nwafor, Chidi Ajaegbu, Kennedy Njoku and Job Iwehee.
In Ugwunagbo, members are Innocent Nwogwugwu, Goodluck Nkaraonye and Ezebunwa Ubani. Ukwa East is represented by Chinedu Brown, Okey Emuchay, Nkem Eruba and Idris Wabara, while Ukwa West has Ngozi Ulunwa, P.C. Agomuo and Godwin Adiele.
Umuahia North’s representatives include Uzodinma Okpara, Onyinye Ralph Nwachukwu, Peter Nwoko, G. I. Chionye and Clement Onyeoziri. Umuahia South is represented by Chris Adighije, Udo Ibeji, Chikezie Nwosu, Benson Ezem and Martin Umeh.
In Umunneochi, members include Jasper Uche, Fabian Nwankwo, Michael Achu, Uche Okoroafor, Eze Ibe, Ike Orika and Osita Offor.
In the statement, Otti congratulated the appointees and urged them to deploy their experience, commitment and grassroots reach towards the party’s preparations for the 2027 general elections.
The governor expressed the expectation that the council would contribute to the Labour Party’s campaign efforts across the state.
The inauguration on November 1 will coincide with the formal kick-off of the party’s governorship campaign in Abia.