In 2027, clan insists governorship seat remains in Ebonyi North

The Ezza Ezekuna Development Association (EEDA), a socio‑cultural group in Ebonyi State, has stated that the governorship seat should remain within the Ebonyi North Senatorial Zone until the 2031 general election, citing justice, fairness, equity and political stability.

EEDA rejected a recent communique from a body calling itself the Umuekumenyi Leaders’ Council, which endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Ifeanychukwuma Odii of the Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone.

The association declared that the Umuekumenyi Leaders’ Council lacks legal status because it is not registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and has no constitutional basis among the clans of Umuekumenyi.

During a briefing to journalists on Thursday in Abakaliki, EEDA’s national president, Chief Kingsley Akam; secretary, Comrade Uchechukwu Edeh; and member, Professor Chike Emmanuel Onwe, explained that the association supports the state’s established zoning system for political succession.

They insisted that Ebonyi North should be permitted to complete its two consecutive terms for the governorship, as has been the case with the other two senatorial zones.

“The Ezza Ezekuna Development Association believes firmly in justice, fairness, equity and political stability. These are not abstract values to be invoked in ceremony and abandoned in practice.”

“They are the operative principles upon which durable inter‑communal harmony is built, and they have contributed significantly to the peace and progress enjoyed across Ebonyi State since its creation.”

“We align ourselves fully with the established zoning arrangement governing political succession in Ebonyi State, and we do so not as a new or recent conversion but as an expression of a position that the leaders and people of Ezza Ezekuna have previously declared and consistently maintained.”

“That position has never changed, and it shall not change. The governorship of Ebonyi State remains, in accordance with the prevailing zoning understanding, in Ebonyi North until 2031. No reasonable Ezza person, properly informed of the history of our state and properly committed to the collective stability of Ebonyi, would oppose this arrangement. Those who do so act neither on behalf of Ezza people nor in the interest of the peace that all our communities depend upon.”

“The so‑called Umuekumenyi Leaders’ Council has no legal existence. It is not