Otti Stays LP Member, Not Defecting To APC —Abia Govt

Abia State Authorities has debunked a media report alleging that Governor Alex Otti, has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In a press release signed by the Commissioner for Data, Prince Okey Kanu and made out there to newsmen on Monday, defined that Governor Otti stays a dedicated and proud member of the Labour Party, the platform below which the nice folks of Abia overwhelmingly elected him to serve.

He emphasised that Governor Otti’s focus stays unshaken and centres on rebuilding Abia, restoring accountability, and delivering the dividends of democracy to each citizen of the state.

“The eye of the Abia State Authorities has been drawn to a false and mischievous report circulating on social media and a few on-line platforms alleging that the Government Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“The report is nothing however a fabrication by political propagandists who’re unsettled by the Governor’s constant supply of excellent governance and his rising recognition throughout social gathering traces. The baseless publication is a determined try to distract the folks of Abia and sow seeds of confusion the place none exists.

“Governor Alex Otti stays a dedicated and proud member of the Labour Party, the platform below which the nice folks of Abia overwhelmingly elected him to serve. His focus stays unshaken, to rebuild Abia, restore accountability, and ship the dividends of democracy to each citizen of the state.

“It is very important remind the general public that solely final week, throughout the October version of “Governor Alex Otti Speaks to Abians,” the Governor made it unequivocally clear that his curiosity just isn’t in political permutations or defections, however in service to humanity and the transformation of Abia State. He reaffirmed that management, to him, is about impression, not political comfort.

“The Otti-led administration has continued to pursue a transparent imaginative and prescient anchored on transparency, fiscal self-discipline, infrastructure renewal, financial development, youth empowerment, and the restoration of public confidence in governance. These are values synonymous with the Labour Party’s beliefs, values that the Governor won’t ever compromise for any political expediency.

“The general public is due to this fact suggested to ignore the false report and deal with it as one other low cost propaganda orchestrated by these whose solely goal is to divert consideration from the monumental progress at the moment being recorded in Abia State below the current administration.

“We want to guarantee Abians that Governor Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, stays resolute in his mission to proceed to construct a brand new Abia the place fact, justice, and fairness prevail below the banner of the Labour Party.”