The Governor of Abia State and Governor-Elect, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has extended an olive branch to his opponents in the March 9, 2019 governorship election, Dr. Uche Ogah of All Progressives Congress and Dr. Alex Otti of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, calling on them join him in building the state.
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The governorship candidates of the All Progressives Grand Alliance and All Progressives Congress in Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti and Chief Uche Ogah, have jointly rejected the result of Saturday’s poll.
The Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has said the governorship candidates of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Alex Otti, and All Progressives Congress, Uche Ogah, are not grounded on the political firmament of the state, describing them as those who lack basic sense of social justice and equity.
The All Progressive Grand Alliance in Abia says it has uncovered the Peoples Democratic Partys grand plot to rig the general elections in the state.
A debate for the governorship candidates of four major political parties in Abia State on Tuesday ended in chaos, following sporadic gunshots at Abia Hotels, Umuahia, venue of the exercise.
Otti, who said this while flagging off his campaign in Umuahia, asked the ruling Peoples Democratic Party to start writing its handover note.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Dr Alex Otti and Chief Uche Ogah made the list of 29 candidates for the Peoples Democratic Party, All Progressives Grand Alliance and All Progressives Congress respectively.
The Abia State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance for the 2019 elections, Dr. Alex Otti, has declared that he and the party are closer to taking over the State Government House in Umuahia than in 2015 when Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, was declared winner.
Dr. Alex Otti and Chief Chike Udensi, have emerged candidates of the governorship parallel primaries of the All Progressive Grand Alliance in Abia for the 2019 general elections.
Ekeoma made the remark in Aba, Abia, Ekeoma saying Ikpeazu had performed abysmally and did not deserve to be re-elected.
Ever since he lost the governorship election in Abia State to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Otti has found it increasingly difficult to adjust properly and regain composure. Apparently distempered, disoriented and divorced from polite communication, Otti has resorted to abusive and “gutter” language in characterizing Ngwa leaders.
Ozurumba, who joined the All Progressive Grand Alliance in 2014, is a close confidant and political associate of the defeated 2015 APGA governorship candidate, Alex Otti.
Otti, who was a former banker, also promised that a special ministry would be created to re-design and rebuild Aba, adding that he had the international connection and integrity to access grants and investment from multinational organisations for the overall development of the state. In his own words: “There are multinational organisations with grants and aids tied to developmental needs, such as water, electricity, rural development and agriculture. But such monies will only go to people who have a track record of credibility and transparency.”
In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Abubakar Dati Yahaya, the appellate court held that the two applicants failed to establish their interest in the internal affairs of the Peoples Democratic Party, which produced the incumbent, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu
The coalition, which is made up of 33 accredited election observers, include African Initiative For Sustainable And Positive Development, Global Development Center For Rescue Mission in Nigeria, Justice and Equity Organization, Women Making Difference Initiative, Strength Of Nigeria Women In Democracy, Legislative People Oriented Support Initiative, among other
Justice Usman Bwala of the Abia State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal had on Tuesday dismissed Otti’s petition for failure to substantiate his allegations against the election of Ikpeazu, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party
In his oral application before adopting his final written address, Counsel to Ikpeazu, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), raised objections regarding the filing of three separate addresses of 40 pages each by the petitioners
Bada, who delivered judgment written by the five-man panel, held that it would amount to waking up a dead person if after the parties had submitted final addresses fresh witness were allowed
The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia on Monday commenced hearing of the petition against the declaration of Dr.…
Otti’s name was inexplicably left out of INEC’s final list on Tuesday, as the electoral body dispatched its names of eligible aspirants for different elective positions across the country