For generations, the sacred order of Aba la Ohazu has rested on respect, self-reliance, dignity, communal enterprise, and boundary honour. Our ancestors taught us that a man who sells his birthright to a guest reduces himself to a tenant in his father’s compound.
They warned us through the timeless maxim:
Oshishi Ejighi Akuwa Mba, No tree, regardless of its size, can cross its boundary to dictate the laws of another land.
Yet, as the general election season unfolds across Nigeria and Aba in particular, the most disappointing spectacle is not the ambition of external Okumfu political contenders attempting to stretch across their legal and territorial boundaries.
The true tragedy and shame lie in our own native sons, daughters, and wives who act as their political brokers – serving as Campaign Director-Generals, Director of Mobilisation, Women Coordinators, Youth Leaders and Personal Assistants, Media Teams, and Facilitators for external encroachment inside our own very kitchen.
1. The Abomination of Self-Demeaning Politics
To actively subordinate your own people, surrender your natural rights, indigenous heritage, and sweat tirelessly to install an Okumfu politician over your federal constituency smacks of self-abasement. It is a profound, shameful abomination against our values and our ancestral soil of Aba la Ohazu.
When an indigene becomes the foot soldier for an external Okumfu political agenda:
a. You Demean Your Own Blood: You send a damaging message to the nation that no native son or daughter, or even wives of Aba la Ohazu possesses the intellect, integrity, or natural legal stature to represent Aba in Abuja.
b. You Trade Long-Term Dignity for Short-Term Crumbs: External actors exit when their terms expire, leaving local facilitators to face the consequences of a neglected, bruised, low-morale, disenfranchised constituency.
c. You Betray the Sacred Trust: You reduce a proud heritage of commercial, natural leadership and intellect into a subordinate political outpost for outside godfathers.
2. The Moses Paradigm: A Challenge to True Manhood
Scripture records one of the greatest decisions of political and cultural identity in human history:
Moses, despite being raised amidst the glory, honour, power, and splendour of Pharaoh’s Palace in Egypt, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose rather to identify with his own people, their struggles, and their divine destiny (Hebrews 11:24-26).
If Moses could reject the luxury of an Empire to stand tall for his own heritage, how can an indigene of Aba la Ohazu – endowed with full intellect, capability, and potential – choose to serve as a foot soldier for external Okumfu interests against his own land? God forbid!
Can you not stand up for once? Can you not be man enough to defend your household? Can you not speak for your people without wearing the leash of an external master? God forbid that Aba la Ohazu should remain a land where native intellect is weaponise against indigenous interest!
3. The Uncompromising Standard
Elder Justice Rowland Chimaobim Ajuzieogu, Aba North and South House of Representatives Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party
Aba la Ohazu has leaders of high standing. We do not need imported proxies or local sycophants. We need a homegrown Iroko who stands on his own feet and answers exclusively to the people of Aba.
Elder Justice Rowland Chimaobim Ajuzieogu, former President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Abia State, represents that unyielding commitment to self-respect:
a. Unbowed Loyalty: A leader whose allegiance is permanently tied to Aba, completely free from external masters or imported godfathers.
b. Intellectual Courage: A tested administrator and political strategist who stands shoulder-to-shoulder with any legislator in the country without cowering or compromising.
c. Refusal to Bow to Encroachment: A statesman who, like Moses, rejects the comfortable compromises of political subordination to fight for the total restoration and dignity of Aba la Ohazu.
4. A Call to Civic Repentance
To every son and daughter even wives of Aba la Ohazu currently serving as an agent for external political Okumfu encroachment: reconsider your path. It is not too late to align with your own heritage.
a. Break the Leash: Stop marketing political vulnerability to your brothers.
b. Reclaim Your Dignity: Stand up for authentic, indigenous representation that respects the rule of law and ancestral boundaries.
c. Support Our Own: Join the Storm of Change – Munachimso 2027 led by Elder Justice Rowland Chimaobim Ajuzieogu, PDP Candidate for Aba North and South Federal Constituency, to secure a proud, effective, and uncompromised legislative voice in Abuja!
Emmanuel is Personal Assistant on Media & Strategic Communication to Elder Ajuzieogu
