Former Managing Director of Diamond Bank Plc. and now governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti has cried out.

Dr. Alex Otti

In a statement by his Media Assistant, Ferdinand Ekeoma, the governorship candidate said that; “In the warped calculation of the government, their nemesis, Alex Otti was behind the booing, hence their ungodly plot to assault him by sending some thugs who would infiltrate every gathering Dr. Otti finds himself in, with the intent of causing chaos by interrupting his speech, and where possible, throw sachet water and missiles at him.”

“We are alarmed by this dishonorable kind of politics and thus state as follows: That even though we are saddened by the very poor performance of Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu as Governor of Abia state, neither Dr. Alex Otti nor his supporters were responsible for the embarrassing outing suffered by the Governor, thus should not be at the receiving end of whatever misplaced aggression of the governor and his team.”

“That the unpopularity of the governor amongst Abians should be properly understood as a self inflicted misfortune that could only be corrected through performance, and not through barbaric politics of absolutism.”

“That such a plot shows that the government is disconnected from the realities on ground not to know that its unjust actions like non payment of workers salaries and pension arrears, extortion of business men and women of Abia, unemployment, life threatening touting and thuggery etc, are some of the reasons for the anti Ikpeazu/PDP agent.”

“That those who seek to preside over public offices in Abia should not be afraid of public scrutiny, rather should purge themselves of ownership mentality so that they don’t misconstrue such offices for their personal estates that could be run aground without any objections.”