The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the election victory of Alex Otti as Abia State governor Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, while delivering the judgment, dismissed the appeal against the victory of Otti, adding that the appeal by the PDP lacked merit. The Informant247 reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Alex Otti of the…
Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor, on Thursday, signed the N567.2 billion 2024 appropriation bill, recently passed by the State Assembly into law. Otti, while signing the bill, reiterated that the 2024 Budget would move Abia from its current underdevelopment to development. “I want to say that this is a budget that would take Abia…
Alex Otti-led Abia state government has suspended the traditional ruler of Ibom Isii in Arochukwu Local Government Area of the state, Eze Kanu Nwa Kanu, for allegedly abusing his office. The Informant247 gathered that the suspension of the royal father was announced in a statement issued by Uzo Nwachukwu, the Commissioner for Local Government and…
The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, during a monthly media parley at the Government House in Umuahia, claimed that over 80 bodies were recovered from kidnappers’ den in the state. The governor, while giving an account, said that the security intelligence showed the ransoms paid for kidnapped victims were always dropped off around Umuchieze Cattle…
Hon. Justice H.T.D Gwadah-led three-man panel of the Abia State governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Umuahia on Friday, dismissed Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) election petition against the governor of the state, Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP). Hon. Justice H.T.D Gwadah, in a three hours judgment, struck out the petition on three grounds:…
Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor on Thursday, directed that vehicles parking by the roadside or on the median of Nkwoegwu Down to Ubakala Junction move to Ohiya Motor Park in Umuahia, adding that makeshift shops, shanties, and other illegal shops and structures along the affected areas have also been directed to quit before the…
Abia state governor, Alex Otti on Tuesday, launched ‘operation crush’, a joint task force of police, army, navy and other relevant security agencies. The governor, in his efforts to ensure normalcy in the state, inaugurated the project at Okpara square event centre in Umuahia with 20 Hilux vans, adding that the operation will pay special…
….as Kanu Nwankwo appointed Chairman Enyimba International Dr. Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor, has approved the appointment of Mr. Ugochukwu Okoroafor, a former director of corporate communication of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, as his Special Adviser on Monitoring and Evaluation. Otti, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Kazie…
Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor has sacked all revenue enforcers in the market. In a statement signed by Chief Press Secretary to Governor, Mr Kasie Ukoh, said the decision was aimed at sanitizing systems of revenue collection in the transport sector and the markets while directing all affected persons to return government property in…
Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor, on Wednesday, directed the suspension of all transport levies hitherto imposed on tricycles (keke), buses, taxis and other commercial vehicles plying Abia roads with immediate effect. This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma, saying the move…
Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor, has ordered the immediate freezing of all State bank accounts and those of its agencies domiciled in every bank and financial institution across the state and around the federation, while also dissolved all boards of Abia State government agencies and parastatals in the State. The governor gave the directive…
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has denied nullifying the candidature of the Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, who contested the election on the platform of the Labour Party, LP, saying it only nullified the election of the Kano LP candidates that contested the 2023 general election. The Informant247 earlier reported that Ibrahim Haruna-Ibrahim…
