Erasing an ugly legacy in 100 days
One hundred days after the silver lining appeared on the horizon with the election, inauguration, and subsequent assumption of office by Dr. Alex Otti, as the fifth democratically elected governor, Abia State has begun a journey for true and enduring greatness, a journey that would see her truly assume that place of pride as God’s Own State.
The joy in Abia and the gloom in Nigeria
By Emmanuel Aziken The landscape in Abia State burst out in unbridled expression of joy last Wednesday evening after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC finally declared the outcome of the governorship election in the state. The joy was so effusive that even the outgoing state governor, Dr Okeize Ikpeazu under whose name some folks […]
Jubilation in Abia as Otti wins, Mbah emerges in Enugu
AFTER four days of political logjam and anxiety, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, at exactly 5.24 pm, yesterday, declared the Labour Party, LP Candidate, Dr Alex Otti, as the winner of the March 18 governorship poll in Abia State and threw the state into wild jubilation.
Labour Party’s Alex Otti wins Abia gov’ship poll
After days of political logjam and anxiety, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Wednesday, declared the candidate of the winner of the March 18 governorship poll in Abia State.
Otti polled a total of 175, 467 votes defeat his closest rival, Chief Okey Ahiwe of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party who scored 88,529 votes.
Guber poll: Abia govt demands removal of Alex Otti’s ‘cousin’ as Returning Officer
The Abia State Government has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately remove the state Returning Officer, Mrs Nnenna Otti, over alleged familial ties to the Labour Party governorship candidate, Alex Otti.
LP supporters protest in Abia, ask INEC to declare Otti Governor-elect
They maintained that the Labour Party (LP) candidate is already leading with about 90,000 votes with 16 local government results collated so far, therefore Obingwa Local Government Area – with less than 27,000 accredited voters as captured in INEC’s data – should not prevent INEC from declaring Oti as the winner.
