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David Ogba Onuoha was born on 9 Sept 1952.
Former office
David Ogba Onuoha
Chairman of Ohafia Local Government Area
30 Nov 2023 – 4 Nov 2024
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David Ogba Onuoha, widely known as Bourdex, is the Labour Party (LP) candidate for Abia North in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026, as ONUOHA BOURDEX DAVID OGBA). From Abiriba in Ohafia LGA, he is a businessman who founded Bourdex Telecommunications Ltd, an early indigenous private telephone operator in the South-East and South-South, and chairs the Bourdex Group; he wrote an account of…
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David Ogba Onuoha, widely known as Bourdex, is the Labour Party (LP) candidate for Abia North in the Senate election of 16 January 2027 (INEC final list, 12 September 2026, as ONUOHA BOURDEX DAVID OGBA). From Abiriba in Ohafia LGA, he is a businessman who founded Bourdex Telecommunications Ltd, an early indigenous private telephone operator in the South-East and South-South, and chairs the Bourdex Group; he wrote an account of it, The Making of Bourdex Telecom. He holds the Abiriba chieftaincy title Ugo Ena and is styled MFR, OON. A PDP chieftain and Abia North senate aspirant in 2013-14, he moved to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and was its Abia North candidate on 28 March 2015, placing second in the announced result. He petitioned against the declared winner, Mao Ohuabunwa (PDP); the tribunal upheld Ohuabunwa, but the Court of Appeal, Owerri nullified the election on Orji Uzor Kalu's appeal in late 2015. In the rerun of 5 March 2016 he came third with 13,633 votes, rejected the result and chose not to go to court. A member of APGA's Board of Trustees, he was reported among new APC members in September 2017, was back as APGA's candidate in 2019 and came third again on 23 February 2019 (11,410 votes) as Kalu won the seat. He served on Governor-elect Alex Otti's transition council in 2023, and Otti appointed him chairman ("mayor") of the Ohafia LGA Transition Committee, sworn in on 30 November 2023 and serving until elected council chairmen took office on 4 November 2024. He became the LP's consensus candidate for Abia North at the party's primary of 30 May 2026 and is campaigning against the incumbent, Orji Uzor Kalu (APC).
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1952
IN THE PUBLIC RECORD1957
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDEducation & qualificationsReviewed record
Central School, Abiriba
First School Leaving Certificate
- Location
- Abiriba, Abia State
- Institution
- Primary
Graduation stated in the linked record. This does not by itself authenticate an original certificate.
1964
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDEducation & qualificationsReviewed record
Enuda High School, Abiriba
GCE
- Location
- Abiriba, Abia State
- Institution
- Secondary
Graduation stated in the linked record. This does not by itself authenticate an original certificate.
1992
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDEducation & qualificationsReviewed record
Abia State University
B.Sc
- Location
- Uturu, Abia State
- Institution
- University
Graduation stated in the linked record. This does not by itself authenticate an original certificate.
1993
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDHonours & recognitionReviewed record
Ugo Ena of Abiriba
Chieftaincy title, 1993 per BLERF; The Nation (2015) calls him "The Ugoena Abiriba".
- Awarded by
- Abiriba community
- Category
- traditional title
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2003
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Member, Governing Board
Abia State University
- Industry
- Education
Named as an ABSU board member appointed by Governor Orji Uzor Kalu in his 2003-2007 term, in a 2023 statement from Kalu's side (an opponent's source; role only). Exact years not found.
2015
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2015 Senate election
All Progressives Grand Alliance · Abia North · Abia
- Result
- Annulled
- Recorded winner
- Mao Ohuabunwa (PDP) returned; election nullified by the Court of Appeal, Owerri (reported by 20 Dec 2015)
APGA candidate. In the announced result he came second (Ohuabunwa first, Orji Uzor Kalu of the PPA third); the returning officer, Dr Ihekweaba Chukwugoziem, said he had not declared anyone and called for a rerun. Official vote figures not found; at the tribunal he claimed 37,115 lawful votes to Ohuabunwa's 28,800. The tribunal in Umuahia upheld Ohuabunwa; the Court of Appeal,…
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APGA candidate. In the announced result he came second (Ohuabunwa first, Orji Uzor Kalu of the PPA third); the returning officer, Dr Ihekweaba Chukwugoziem, said he had not declared anyone and called for a rerun. Official vote figures not found; at the tribunal he claimed 37,115 lawful votes to Ohuabunwa's 28,800. The tribunal in Umuahia upheld Ohuabunwa; the Court of Appeal, Owerri then allowed KALU's appeal and ordered a fresh election (judgment day not found; reported by 20 December 2015).
2016
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2016 Senate election
All Progressives Grand Alliance · Abia North · Abia
- Result
- Lost
- Votes
- 13,633
- Recorded winner
- Mao Ohuabunwa (PDP)
Court-ordered rerun of the 2015 Abia North election. INEC returning officer Ojike Nwankpa declared Ohuabunwa (PDP) 26,009, Orji Uzor Kalu (PPA) 25,814, Bourdex (APGA) 13,633 (Premium Times/NAN; Daily Trust: 13,692), APC 916-976. He rejected the result on 8 Mar 2016 and asked INEC to withhold the certificate of return, but said on 22 Apr 2016 he would not go to court.
2017
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty membershipReviewed record
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Reported on 25 Sept 2017 among the new APC members (with Orji Uzor Kalu and others) to be presented at a planned APC mega rally in Abia; actual joining day not found (start_date = report day). Back in APGA as its 2019 candidate by 3 Dec 2018 (end_date = that report, an upper bound). A PDP opponent later confirmed he "dumped the APC for APGA, ahead of the 2019 elections".
2018
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty membershipReviewed record
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
Second APGA stint: Abia North candidate in 2019 (start_date = first report as candidate, 3 Dec 2018; actual return earlier) and APGA Board of Trustees member in Jan-Mar 2020. A PDP opponent claimed in Feb 2020 that he had returned to the APC, but The Nation (1 Mar 2020) still described him as an APGA BoT member - unresolved. Exit day not found; end_date is the LP primary of 30 May 2026 (upper bound).
2019
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDElection participationReviewed record
2019 Senate election
All Progressives Grand Alliance · Abia North · Abia
- Result
- Lost
- Votes
- 11,410
- Recorded winner
- Orji Uzor Kalu (APC)
APGA candidate. Kalu (APC) 31,203 (Vanguard; Daily Trust 30,580), Mao Ohuabunwa (PDP) 20,801 (Daily Trust 21,940), David Ogba (APGA) 11,410 (both sources).
2023
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Member
Abia State Transition Council (Governor-elect Alex Otti)
- Industry
- Government
Listed in April 2023 among the 100-plus members of Governor-elect Alex Otti's transition council (as "Chief Dr. David Ogba Onuoha, MFR, OON").
CaretakerReviewed record
LGA Chairman
Ohafia · Abia
- Status
- Ended
Reason recorded for departure: Term end.
2026
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty primaryReviewed record
2027 Senate primary
Labour Party · Abia North · Abia
- Primary result
- Won
- What this establishes
- A party-stage result, not election to public office
- Recorded winner
- David Ogba Onuoha
constituency: Abia North Senatorial District · also listed as: Onuoha Bourdex David Ogba, Ogba David Onuoha · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 9, p.1; INEC name: ONUOHA BOURDEX DAVID OGBA; age 73; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FSLC GCE BSC · Primary: Labour Party Abia primaries held simultaneously on Saturday 30 May 2026 across the…
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constituency: Abia North Senatorial District · also listed as: Onuoha Bourdex David Ogba, Ogba David Onuoha · INEC final list of candidates (Senate), published 2026-09-12 — SN 9, p.1; INEC name: ONUOHA BOURDEX DAVID OGBA; age 73; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FSLC GCE BSC · Primary: Labour Party Abia primaries held simultaneously on Saturday 30 May 2026 across the state's 184 wards; he emerged the consensus candidate for Abia North (all LP senate candidates in Abia were consensus picks, endorsed by ward delegates; returning officer Mrs Oluchi Opara). No votes or opponents reported. Outcome ratified at the LP NEC meeting in Abuja (reported 11 Jun 2026). Campaign opened Wednesday 19 Aug 2026. Main opponents on the final list include Orji Uzor Kalu (APC, incumbent), Uko Nkole (NDC) and Irukwu Onwuka (APGA). INEC lists him as ONUOHA BOURDEX DAVID OGBA; the press calls him David Ogba Onuoha (Bourdex) or Chief David Ogba.
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KEPT OUTSIDE THE DATED CHRONOLOGYParty membershipReviewed record
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
APGA senatorial candidate for Abia North in 2015 and the 2016 rerun; APGA Board of Trustees member (Jan 2016). Joining day not found. end_date is the day Daily Post listed him among new APC members to be presented at an APC rally in Umuahia (upper bound).
Working lifeReviewed record
Chairman/Founder
Bourdex Group Ltd
- Industry
- Conglomerate (telecoms, plastics, other businesses)
- Employment
- Founder
Chairman of the Bourdex group of companies, Aba (Daily Post 2013; Leadership 2023). BLERF (2017) also lists Bourdex International Plastics Ltd, Niger Fah Ltd, Investment Futures Ltd, Deno Petro Oil Industries Ltd, Ekeoha Community Bank Ltd, Express Money Link Bureau De Change Ltd and V&A Chemicals Oil and Allied Product Ltd among his companies.
Working lifeReviewed record
Founder and Chairman
Bourdex Telecommunications Ltd
- Industry
- Telecommunications
- Employment
- Founder
Founded Bourdex Telecom, an early indigenous private fixed/wireless telephone operator in the South-East and South-South that competed with NITEL before the GSM era; the licence was pursued under the Abacha government (1993-98). Described as defunct by 2017. He wrote an autobiographical account, The Making of Bourdex Telecom.
Party membershipReviewed record
Labour Party (LP)
Labour Party candidate for Abia North (consensus primary 30 May 2026) and on INEC's final list (12 September 2026); a supporter of Governor Alex Otti since 2023 (transition council, Ohafia transition chairman). Date joined not found.
An end date is not recorded for this membership.
Honours & recognitionReviewed record
Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR)
Styled "MFR, OON" in the April 2023 Otti transition council list and in press columns (2016, 2026). Year of conferment not found in a national honours list.
- Awarded by
- Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Category
- national honour
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Working lifeReviewed record
Member, Board of Trustees
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
- Industry
- Politics
Described as a member of the APGA Board of Trustees from January 2016 to at least March 2020. Appointment and exit dates not found.
Honours & recognitionReviewed record
Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON)
Styled "MFR, OON" in the April 2023 Otti transition council list and in press columns (2016, 2026). Year of conferment not found in a national honours list.
- Awarded by
- Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Category
- national honour
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Party membershipReviewed record
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Described as a PDP chieftain in Abia (Dec 2013-Jan 2014) and a PDP aspirant for the Abia North senate seat (Aug-Oct 2014). Left for APGA before the 2015 elections; exit day not found - end_date is the 28 March 2015 poll at which he was already the APGA candidate (upper bound).
Publications & ideasReviewed record
The Making of Bourdex Telecom
Bourdex
- Publication type
- Book
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