Tag: Alex Otti

Abia: ?Ex Gov. Ikpeazu transferred ?10bn airport funds onto 32 different accounts – Gov. Otti

Aminu Imam
Alex Otti Ikpeazu

Abia State governor, Alex Otti, has alleged that the immediate-past administration of Okezie Ikpeazu, transferred the N10 billion airport funds into 32 different individual company accounts. Otti made this known during his monthly media chat, tagged: “Governor Alex Otti Speaks to Abians”, which was held at Government House Umuahia,  the State capital, on Thursday. According to the Governor, the N10 billion had already been transferred from the State government account before they approached the Abia State House of Assembly for approval. While noting that Okezie’s denial was not unexpected, Otti…

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Abia: INEC declares LP’s Alex Otti Gov-elect

Aminu Imam

Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) has won the March 18 governorship election in Abia State. He trounced his opponents like Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP). Otti scored 175,467, Ahiwe polled 88,529 while Nwafor got 28,972. The LP candidate also won 10 of the 17 local government areas in the state, PDP got six while the YPP got one. The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, Prof Nnenna Nnannaya-Oti declared Otti…

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