The governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti has debunked rumours making the rounds that he was planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
This is as he (Otti), maintained that he, until the time of filing the report is still a member of the Labour Party (LP).
Reports Saturday had it that Gov. Otti had a closed door meeting with his Imo State counterparts, Gov. Hope Uzodinma, which the purveyors said was aimed at perfecting plans to join the APC ahead of the 2027 general elections.
But Otti, through his Special Adviser on Media, Ferdinand Ekeoma, while responding to the rumours of his planned defection to the APC said “the report that His Excellency, Governor Alex Otti, OFR, held a meeting with Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State over his alleged planned defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), is false, baseless and unfounded. It’s completely devoid of substance and thus should be disregarded.”
Giving details of Gov. Otti’s meeting with Gov. Uzodinma, Ferdinand said “After the National Economic Council meeting on Thursday, April 24, Governor Otti and a few of his colleagues joined Governor Uzodinma to attend the birthday celebration of his twin daughters, an event that had nothing to do with politics.
“It’s natural for Governor Otti’s impressive performance, popularity and towering credentials as the Governor of Abia State to attract admiration and permutations from interested parties.
“However, Governor Otti’s political decisions, especially those that would have huge impact and far-reaching consequences on Abians, would at all times be taken in conjunction with majority of Abians and his allies. Such decisions must be justified and be seen to be in the overriding interest of Abia people.
“Governor Otti strongly holds the view that though political activities seem to have once again started gathering momentum, it would be unfair to the Abia electorate if politics of 2027, instead of governance is allowed to dominate discussions less than two years into the administration.
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“Finally, we wish to emphatically state that Governor Otti remains a member of the Labour Party and is presently not planning or discussing with anyone to defect to the APC or any other party for that matter as falsely alleged.”
