The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
candidate in the recently held governorship
election in Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, has said that
the state does not belong to former Governor T.A
Orji, while describing the immediate past governor
as an inconsistent fellow who takes positions on
issues arbitrarily.
The APGA candidate’s remarks comes in the wake
of recent claims by Orji that he (Otti) was an
intruder who wanted to take the governorship slot
that was zoned to the Abia South Senatorial Zone
by deceit.
He went on to accuse the ex-governor of
manipulating the governorship election which
produced the candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) and current Governor of
the state, Okezie Ikpeazu.
“He even marginalized his own people, the Ibeku
people, so they voted against him. In 14 out of
the 17 local government areas, APGA led by 60
percent, then they wrote the results of three local
governments and brought it to Umuahia but the
returning officer cancelled them.
“In a decent society, a governor should have no
business in a collation centre, but he barged into
the collation centre and intimidated them to
reverse the cancellation.
“His accusation is a misplaced comment which
clearly reveals the nature of his mind. His mind is
warped; he polluted the state with touts,
miscreants, and kidnappers. The people he
appointed as transition committee chairmen for
eight years are touts and layabouts. So maybe he
is right; I intruded to restore sanity in the state
and rescue it from gangsterism
“I came to salvage Abia which Orji and his
cohorts mismanaged. That is why the people
voted us but he and his cohorts thwarted it. T.A.
Orji does not support Ukwa-Ngwa heartily; he
wants someone who will protect him,” he
explained.
The APGA candidate further explained that he had
filed a suit at the election petition tribunal sitting
in the state and expressed confidence http://hallmarknews.com/abia-does-not-belong-to-t-a-orji-alex-otti/