APC knocks Otti for naming new bus terminal after ex-INEC Returning Officer 

The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has criticized the decision of Governor Alex Otti to name the Umuahia Central Bus Terminal after Professor Nnenna Oti, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Returning Officer for Abia State during the 2023 elections.

The Abia APC while reacting to the development, said it was a dangerous precedence that could send the wrong message to future electoral officers posted to Abia State for the 2027 elections.

A statement signed by Uche Aguoru, the Publicity Secretary of Abia APC on Thursday said Governor Otti could have named the Bus terminal after notable Abia personalities rather than Professor Nnenna Oti.

“We therefore ask, when did favourable electoral outcomes begin to attract rewards and state-sponsored recognition? 

“The APC therefore rejects and condemns in totality the naming of the Umuahia Central Bus Terminal or any public monument whatsoever after Professor Nnenna Oti.

“Such honour is undeserved, provocative, divisive and embarrassing to the people of Abia State,” the APC said.

The party also claimed that it was wrong to immortalize an electoral officer instead of those it described as proven builders of the state 

APC concluded the statement by calling on Governor Alex Otti to consider reversing the naming of the project after Professor Oti.