‘Aba state creation, project for all’

The pioneer Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Abia State, Theo Nkire, has stated that the creation of Aba State is a project supported by the entire South-East region, saying there is considerable evidence to support this claim. He said, on two separate occasions, in 2015 and 2018, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio-cultural organisation in […]

The pioneer Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Abia State, Theo Nkire, has stated that the creation of Aba State is a project supported by the entire South-East region, saying there is considerable evidence to support this claim.

He said, on two separate occasions, in 2015 and 2018, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio-cultural organisation in the region, endorsed Aba as the sixth state to be created within the South-East.

According to a statement released by HRH Eze Love Wogu, Chairman of the Aba State Movement, and Chief Godfrey Akara, the Secretary-General, the movement has broadened its campaign beyond the South East, securing support from respected traditional rulers, including the Ooni of Ife, the Emir of Bauchi, and the Emir of Daura.

“Aba State is a proposal that has consistently garnered this level of internal consensus and external support, making it the most viable and unifying option to correct the geo-political imbalance in the number of states in the South-East,” Chief Nkire emphasised.

In June 1983, the National Assembly approved a referendum for the creation of Aba State. However, this process was ultimately halted by a military coup.

Between 2009 and 2010, the Aba State Movement secured the necessary signatures from 21 State Houses of Assembly, demonstrating a national consensus for the Aba State cause.