2027 · GubernatorialAPP
Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma & Nwoloki Lucky Eze
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Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma
2027 governorship candidate
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THE PERSON- State
- Abia
- Country
- Nigeria
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Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma (INEC: IJIOMA NWOKORO IJIOMA) is a retired Major General of the Nigerian Army and the Action Peoples Party (APP) governorship candidate in Abia State for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026), with Chief Eze Nwoloki (INEC: Nwoloki Lucky Eze) of Ukwa West as his running mate. INEC lists him as 63, with a First School Leaving Certificate, WASSCE, NDA, NDAC, BSc and MSc. His…
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Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma (INEC: IJIOMA NWOKORO IJIOMA) is a retired Major General of the Nigerian Army and the Action Peoples Party (APP) governorship candidate in Abia State for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026), with Chief Eze Nwoloki (INEC: Nwoloki Lucky Eze) of Ukwa West as his running mate. INEC lists him as 63, with a First School Leaving Certificate, WASSCE, NDA, NDAC, BSc and MSc. His country home is Umuhu Ezechi in Bende LGA. Reports describe him as a former Director of Military Operations in the Northeast who led operations against Boko Haram in 2015, and as part of the team that led the peace mission to Sudan (Darfur) between 2013 and 2015. On 9 June 2016 the Army Council compulsorily retired him, one of 38 officers (the 'Army 38'), after about 33 years' service by his counsel's account. He sued the Army, the Defence Minister and the Chief of Defence Staff at the National Industrial Court in Abuja, and on 3 June 2019 Justice Edith Agbakoba declared the retirement wrongful, illegal, null and void because he had been neither told of an offence nor tried, and ordered his reinstatement. Reports in 2022 and 2025 say the Army had not complied. He emerged by consensus as the APP governorship candidate at a primary in Umuahia reported on 30 May 2026, and flagged off his campaign at his country home in Bende on 19 September 2026 with a 23-point manifesto. The primary day and any votes were not found.
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1983
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Officer, Major General (retired); compulsorily retired 9 June 2016, retirement set aside by court 3 June 2019
Nigerian Army
- Industry
- military
- Employment
- Employee
Served about 32 years 11 months by his compulsory retirement of 9 June 2016 (counsel's figure, so from about mid-1983: start year derived). The Army Council retired him with 37 other officers (the 'Army 38'); the National Industrial Court set the retirement aside on 3 June 2019 and ordered reinstatement, which reports in 2022 and 2025 say the Army had not carried out.
2013
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDWorking lifeReviewed record
Senior officer in the team that led the mission (reported as commander of the UN troops in Darfur)
Peace mission to Sudan (Darfur)
- Industry
- military
- Employment
- Employee
Vanguard (30 Jun 2025): in the team that led the peace mission to Sudan between 2013 and 2015; Vanguard (30 May 2026): 'commanded the United Nations troops in Darfu, Sudan'. The exact post and force are not stated.
2027
IN THE PUBLIC RECORDParty primaryReviewed record
2027 Governorship primary
Action Peoples Party · Abia
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- Won
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- Ijioma Nwokoro Ijioma
INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Abia State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 7; INEC name: IJIOMA NWOKORO IJIOMA; age 63; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE WASSCE NDA,NDAC,BSC,M.S.C; running mate: Nwoloki Lucky Eze · Primary: APP governorship primary in Umuahia, won by consensus (Vanguard, 30 May 2026; Punch, 3 Jun 2026); the…
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Abia State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 7; INEC name: IJIOMA NWOKORO IJIOMA; age 63; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE WASSCE NDA,NDAC,BSC,M.S.C; running mate: Nwoloki Lucky Eze · Primary: APP governorship primary in Umuahia, won by consensus (Vanguard, 30 May 2026; Punch, 3 Jun 2026); the primary day and any votes were not found. Running mate: Chief Eze Nwoloki (INEC: Nwoloki Lucky Eze) of Ukwa West; date named not found (The Sun, 2 Oct 2026).
CandidacyReviewed record
Contested for Governor
Abia
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- Contesting
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KEPT OUTSIDE THE DATED CHRONOLOGYParty membershipReviewed record
Action Peoples Party (APP)
Action Peoples Party governorship candidate in Abia State (consensus primary reported 30 May 2026; INEC final list, 10 October 2026); date joined not found.
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Director of Military Operations, Northeast
Nigerian Army
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- military
- Employment
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Described as Director of Military Operations in the Northeast, who led operations against Boko Haram in 2015 (Vanguard, 2025 and 2026). Years in post not found.
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Declared to INEC (2027 governorship final list, Abia State): First School Leaving Certificate, WASSCE, NDA, NDAC, BSc and MSc; institutions and years not published.
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