APC SHOULD STOP BLAMING GOVERNOR ALEX OTTI, OFR, FOR A CRISIS CREATED BY ITS OWN PRIMARIES
The latest statement issued by the Abia State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr Uche Aguoru, is long on accusations, insults and imaginary conspiracies, but painfully empty of evidence.
Governor Alex Otti, OFR, did not conduct the APC governorship primary.
He did not announce two competing results.
He did not persuade thirteen members of the APC State Working Committee to adopt Chief Henry Ikoh.
He did not compel another group to declare Dr Eric Opah the winner.
These are disagreements arising from the APC’s own nomination process. Blaming Governor Otti for a quarrel created inside the APC is not political strategy; it is simply an attempt to outsource responsibility. 😂
Mr Aguoru alleges that the Abia State Government spent enormous public resources destabilising the APC. Yet, he presented no bank record, payment voucher, named recipient, transfer evidence or verifiable document.
An allegation repeated ten times does not suddenly become evidence.
The APC cannot proclaim itself “peaceful, united and intact” in one paragraph, and then spend the remaining paragraphs complaining about infiltrators, paid agents, saboteurs, internal crises and opposing factions.
A party that is truly united does not need a lengthy press statement to convince itself that it is united. 😂😂
It is equally amusing that a party still struggling to establish who actually won its governorship primary has already announced that it will win all three senatorial seats, all eight House of Representatives seats, all twenty-four House of Assembly seats and the governorship in 2027.
Apparently, the elections have already been conducted inside Mr Aguoru’s press release. Abians were merely not informed. 😂
Governor Alex Otti’s attention remains firmly on governance—not on selecting candidates for the opposition.
The administration’s record must be judged by measurable issues:
Road construction and rehabilitation.
Prompt payment of salaries.
Settlement of pension obligations.
Improvement of schools and hospitals.
Urban renewal.
Security.
Investment attraction.
Fiscal transparency.
These are the legitimate areas in which the government should be questioned—not imaginary stories manufactured to explain the APC’s internal disagreement.
Opposition is healthy in a democracy. Governor Otti does not need a weak, silent or divided APC. Abia needs an opposition capable of scrutinising expenditure, presenting facts and offering credible alternatives.
But opposition becomes useless when every internal quarrel is blamed on “Nvosi,” every unsuccessful aspirant is labelled a government agent and every embarrassing dispute is attributed to Governor Otti.
The Labour Party’s intervention was straightforward: the APC should resolve its internal disagreements peacefully and ensure that its governorship tussle does not threaten the peace of Abia State.
How does a call for peace amount to sponsorship of crisis?
Instead of addressing the obvious questions surrounding the disputed nomination exercise, Mr Aguoru resorted to personal abuse and even suggested that political opponents should visit a psychiatrist.
That language is reckless, insensitive and beneath anyone aspiring to responsible public leadership.
Mental-health conditions should never be used as political insults.
Governor Alex Otti, OFR, is prepared to defend his administration’s record before Abians.
The APC should also be prepared to defend its primary before its members.
Who conducted the authentic primary?
Where are the certified results?
Who were the accredited delegates?
Why are senior party officials supporting different candidates?
Why are there rival claims if the APC is completely united?
Those questions cannot be answered by repeatedly shouting:
“ALEX OTTI!”
Abia belongs neither to Nvosi nor to any political party. It belongs to the people.
In 2027, Abians—not press secretaries, factional leaders or political godfathers—will determine who governs them.
Until then, the advice to the APC is simple:
Manage your party.
Publish your authentic result.
Reconcile your members.
Stop inventing imaginary enemies.
Governor Alex Otti, OFR, has a state to govern.
He cannot simultaneously serve as Governor of Abia State and unpaid crisis manager of the Abia APC. 😂😂😂
