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Ehiemere Augustine Chinonye is the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) deputy governorship candidate in Abia State, running mate to Ijioma Uchechukwu Charles, for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026). INEC lists him as a 66-year-old man whose declared qualifications are the First School Leaving Certificate, the WAEC school certificate and the Nigeria Certificate in Education. Press reports…
Ehiemere Augustine Chinonye is the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) deputy governorship candidate in Abia State, running mate to Ijioma Uchechukwu Charles, for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026). INEC lists him as a 66-year-old man whose declared qualifications are the First School Leaving Certificate, the WAEC school certificate and the Nigeria Certificate in Education. Press reports about an APGA official in Abia, Rev. Augustine Ehiemere, appear to concern the same man, but no report tying that official to this candidacy or to the middle name Chinonye was found: the link rests on name, party and state, so the record below is stored with medium confidence. On that reading he was APGA's Abia State chairman for most of the period from at least November 2016 to May 2023, a tenure disputed inside the party. In September 2018 an Umuahia High Court set aside the state executive in favour of a rival chairman, Prince Nnanna Ukaegbu, an order Ehiemere dismissed; that November he was elected chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Abia, a post held until a successor was elected in January 2021. A congress run by the Victor Oye-led national leadership returned him as chairman on 23 May 2019, but in June 2019 a faction loyal to the party's 2019 governorship candidate, Alex Otti, elected Nkem Okoro in his place. On 7 April 2022 the Court of Appeal in Owerri declared Ukaegbu the authentic chairman. He continued to act as state chairman: he unveiled Greg Ibe's governorship campaign council in November 2022 and signed the party's rejection of the March 2023 governorship result. A state congress on 23 May 2023 elected Sunday Onukwubiri to succeed him. By July 2025 the same name appears as APGA's National Vice Chairman (South East). In that role he moved the national working committee's July 2025 resolution to court Governors Alex Otti and Peter Mbah, publicly urged Otti to return to APGA, confirmed Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe's suspension from the party in September 2025 and, in January 2026, said APGA would take over Abia and the South East in 2027. How and when he was named running mate was not found in public sources as of October 2026.
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Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Abia State chapter
Elected IPAC chairman for Abia at INEC headquarters, Umuahia, the weekend of 10-11 November 2018, while APGA state chairman; successor Ceekay Igara (LP) elected 6 January 2021. Linked to the candidate by name, party and state only.
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Abia State chapter
In office as APGA Abia state chairman by November 2016 (start not found) until the state congress of 23 May 2023 (Sunday Onukwubiri elected). The tenure was disputed inside the party: an Umuahia High Court order of September 2018 set aside the state executive in favour of Prince Nnanna Ukaegbu, which he dismissed; he was returned at the 23 May 2019 congress, a faction loyal to…
In office as APGA Abia state chairman by November 2016 (start not found) until the state congress of 23 May 2023 (Sunday Onukwubiri elected). The tenure was disputed inside the party: an Umuahia High Court order of September 2018 set aside the state executive in favour of Prince Nnanna Ukaegbu, which he dismissed; he was returned at the 23 May 2019 congress, a faction loyal to Alex Otti elected Nkem Okoro in June 2019, and on 7 April 2022 the Court of Appeal in Owerri declared Ukaegbu the authentic chairman. He continued to act as chairman (Greg Ibe's campaign council in November 2022; the party's rejection of the March 2023 governorship result). Linked to the candidate by name, party and state only (see biography).
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Abia State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 5; INEC name: EHIEMERE AUGUSTINE CHINONYE; age 66; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FSLC WAEC NCE; governorship candidate: Ijioma Uchechukwu Charles · Running mate to Ijioma Uchechukwu Charles; how and when he was named was not found in public sources (searched 14-15 Oct 2026).…
INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Abia State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 5; INEC name: EHIEMERE AUGUSTINE CHINONYE; age 66; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FSLC WAEC NCE; governorship candidate: Ijioma Uchechukwu Charles · Running mate to Ijioma Uchechukwu Charles; how and when he was named was not found in public sources (searched 14-15 Oct 2026). Vanguard's 2 Sep 2026 report of INEC's displayed list had named Godswill Agu Egbe (the APC deputy candidate on the final list) as Ijioma's running mate; INEC's final list of 10 Oct 2026 names Ehiemere.
APGA deputy governorship candidate in Abia on INEC's final list (10 October 2026); date joined not found
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Declared to INEC (2027 final list): First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC), WAEC school certificate and Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE); institutions and years not published.
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In office by 3 July 2025 (election date not found): moved the NWC motion to court Governors Otti and Mbah (July 2025), urged Otti to return to APGA, confirmed Senator Abaribe's suspension (Sept 2025), New Year message on 2027 (Jan 2026). Linked to the candidate by name, party and state only.
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