Senate · Abia South · 2027
Young Progressives Party (YPP)Bestman Eruba
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Bestman Eruba, popularly known as "Ogele Obingwa", is the Young Progressives Party (YPP) candidate for Abia South Senatorial District in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026). INEC lists him as a 38-year-old man whose declared qualifications are the First School Leaving Certificate, the Senior School Certificate, a BSc and an MSc "in view" (in progress). His emergence as the YPP candidate after the party's senatorial primary was reported on 5 June 2026; the primary's date, votes and opponents were not published. Before his candidacy he was the spokesman of the YPP in Abia State: as the party's Publicity Secretary he signed its May 2023 statement boycotting the Abia local government elections, which it called unbacked by law, and its December 2023 statement denying that the Abia YPP had collapsed into the Labour Party. In May 2025, described as a YPP chieftain, he said the party would offer Governor Alex Otti its 2027 governorship ticket if the Labour Party's crisis persisted.
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Read the evidence · 5 sources
- Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
2026-09-12, p.4 SN 39: "39 ABIA ABIA SOUTH BESTMAN ERUBA YPP None 38 M FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION BSC, MSC(IN VIEW)"
39 ABIA ABIA SOUTH BESTMAN ERUBA YPP None 38 M FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION BSC, MSC(IN VIEW)
- FaceToFace TV (facetofacetv.com.ng)
2026-06-05: "Bestman Eruba, popularly known as Ogele Obingwa, has emerged as the candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the Abia South Senatorial District ahead of the 2027 National Assembly elections."
Bestman Eruba, popularly known as Ogele Obingwa, has emerged as the candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the Abia South Senatorial District ahead of the 2027 National Assembly elections.
- Daily Post
2023-12-06: "YPP in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Bestman Eruba, said the appointment of the State’s YPP Chairman into LP-led administration should not be considered the end of the YPP in Abia State"
YPP in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Bestman Eruba, said the appointment of the State’s YPP Chairman into LP-led administration should not be considered the end of the YPP in Abia State
- Daily Post
2023-05-19: "YPP in a statement on Wednesday signed by Bestman Eruba, Publicity Secretary, said the party would not participate in the polls and advised its members and supporters to shun it."
YPP in a statement on Wednesday signed by Bestman Eruba, Publicity Secretary, said the party would not participate in the polls and advised its members and supporters to shun it.
- Daily Post
2025-05-10: "A chieftain of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, Bestman Eruba has said that his party will yield the party’s platform for Governor Alex Otti to use in contesting for the second term if the crises in the LP persists."
A chieftain of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, Bestman Eruba has said that his party will yield the party’s platform for Governor Alex Otti to use in contesting for the second term if the crises in the LP persists.
School years & education
Declared to INEC (2027 final list): First School Leaving Certificate, Senior School Certificate Examination, BSc, and an MSc "in view" (in progress); institutions and years not published.
Read the evidence · 1 source
- Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
2026-09-12, p.4 SN 39: "39 ABIA ABIA SOUTH BESTMAN ERUBA YPP None 38 M FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION BSC, MSC(IN VIEW)"
39 ABIA ABIA SOUTH BESTMAN ERUBA YPP None 38 M FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION BSC, MSC(IN VIEW)
A working life
Dates not recorded
State Publicity Secretary
Young Progressives Party (YPP), Abia State chapter
Signed Abia YPP statements as Publicity Secretary on 17 May 2023 (boycott of the ABSIEC local government polls) and in December 2023 (denying an alliance with the Labour Party). Start and end dates not found; by May 2025 the press called him a YPP chieftain.
Read the evidence · 3 sources
- Daily Post
2023-05-19: "YPP in a statement on Wednesday signed by Bestman Eruba, Publicity Secretary, said the party would not participate in the polls and advised its members and supporters to shun it."
YPP in a statement on Wednesday signed by Bestman Eruba, Publicity Secretary, said the party would not participate in the polls and advised its members and supporters to shun it.
- Daily Post
2023-12-06: "YPP in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Bestman Eruba, said the appointment of the State’s YPP Chairman into LP-led administration should not be considered the end of the YPP in Abia State"
YPP in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Bestman Eruba, said the appointment of the State’s YPP Chairman into LP-led administration should not be considered the end of the YPP in Abia State
- Daily Post
2025-05-10: "A chieftain of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, Bestman Eruba has said that his party will yield the party’s platform for Governor Alex Otti to use in contesting for the second term if the crises in the LP persists."
A chieftain of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, Bestman Eruba has said that his party will yield the party’s platform for Governor Alex Otti to use in contesting for the second term if the crises in the LP persists.
- Daily Post
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Work & organisations
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Young Progressives Party (YPP), Abia State chapter
State Publicity Secretary · Politics
Signed Abia YPP statements as Publicity Secretary on 17 May 2023 (boycott of the ABSIEC local government polls) and in December 2023 (denying an alliance with the Labour Party). Start and end dates not found; by May 2025 the press called him a YPP chieftain.
Read the evidence · 3 sources
- Daily Post
2023-05-19: "YPP in a statement on Wednesday signed by Bestman Eruba, Publicity Secretary, said the party would not participate in the polls and advised its members and supporters to shun it."
YPP in a statement on Wednesday signed by Bestman Eruba, Publicity Secretary, said the party would not participate in the polls and advised its members and supporters to shun it.
- Daily Post
2023-12-06: "YPP in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Bestman Eruba, said the appointment of the State’s YPP Chairman into LP-led administration should not be considered the end of the YPP in Abia State"
YPP in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Bestman Eruba, said the appointment of the State’s YPP Chairman into LP-led administration should not be considered the end of the YPP in Abia State
- Daily Post
2025-05-10: "A chieftain of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, Bestman Eruba has said that his party will yield the party’s platform for Governor Alex Otti to use in contesting for the second term if the crises in the LP persists."
A chieftain of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, Bestman Eruba has said that his party will yield the party’s platform for Governor Alex Otti to use in contesting for the second term if the crises in the LP persists.
- Daily Post
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At the ballot
2027 · Senatorial primary
Young Progressives Party · Won · Abia · Abia South
Record notes
constituency: Abia South Senatorial District · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 39, p.4; INEC name: BESTMAN ERUBA; age 38; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION BSC, MSC(IN VIEW) · Primary: YPP Abia South senatorial primary; his emergence as candidate was reported 2026-06-05 (FaceToFace TV). Primary date, votes and opponents not published.
Read the evidence · 2 sources
- inecnigeria.org
Bestman Eruba — senatorial 2027
- FaceToFace TV (facetofacetv.com.ng)
2026-06-05: "Bestman Eruba, popularly known as Ogele Obingwa, has emerged as the candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the Abia South Senatorial District ahead of the 2027 National Assembly elections."
Bestman Eruba, popularly known as Ogele Obingwa, has emerged as the candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the Abia South Senatorial District ahead of the 2027 National Assembly elections.
- inecnigeria.org
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