I’m not leaving Labour Party – Gov Otti dismisses defection rumours

Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has dismissed speculations that he is planning to defect from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) or join any emerging political coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Speaking during a recent engagement, Otti reaffirmed his loyalty to the Labour Party, stating that the Supreme Court had already resolved the internal crisis that once threatened the party’s unity.

“I’ll just spend a few minutes addressing what some members of the Global Economic Council have been asking me,” Otti said. “One of them is the report about five governors decamping to the APC… I’m still a member of the Labour Party and I’m not looking for where to decamp to.”

Responding to questions about a potential alliance with the new opposition coalition, the governor said: “People have been asking me, ‘Are you a member of the coalition?’ And my response is, have you seen my name? Have you seen me attending any coalition meeting?”

Governor Otti emphasised that he remains focused on delivering good governance in Abia under the platform of the Labour Party.

We are just busy doing the work that Abia people have given us. So, we are not attending any coalition meeting, I have not attended any one, and nobody has invited me.

‎“I am happy where I am. Yes, we had issues; if you don’t have issues, you are dead… So, you wake up and there is one problem or the other, you solve the problem. You don’t run away from a problem and pretend to have solved it.

‎“When we had our problems, we fought in the Supreme Court and took our party to the Supreme Court. I believe that a few issues that remain would be resolved very soon because the Supreme Court Judgment was very, very clear,” Governor Otti assured.

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The State Chief Executive disclosed that his administration came to do things right, stressing that those who don’t want to do things right have no business in his Government.

He warned those making noise about stomach infrastructure that Abians are not people who believe in handouts but hard-working people who just need the enabling environment, like good roads, clean environment, etc, to thrive in their businesses and daily endeavours.