In appreciation for her integrity and honesty, Interpol Systems Consultant and a member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Sir Chikwe Udensi has gifted INEC governorship election returning officer in Abia State, Prof. Nnenna Oti the sum of N100million
This came after another son of the state, Steven Ukpabi gifted her a brand new Prado Land Cruiser SUV. Sir Udensi, a chieftain of APGA who sought the party’s ticket for the governorship contest announced the gift in Abuja recently.
Prof. Oti, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, had presided over the collation of the March 18 governorship election in Abia State which produced Alex Otti of Labour Party as the winner
Otti secured a total of 175,372to defeat his closest rival and candidate of the PDP, Okey Ahiwe who scored 88,599.
Prof. Oti, declared the LP candidate the winner at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Umuahia, the state capital, on the 22nd of March, after completing the suspended collation of results. Abia was the first governorship seat secured by Labour Party in the 2023 general elections. This is also the first time an opposition party is defeating the Peoples Democratic Party in Abia State since the return of democracy in 1999
Prof. Oti was said to have rejected monetary inducement, intimidation, threat to life and harassment, to influence the outcome of the election in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state.
Ernest Chibundu Onwumere
Marketing communicator and media practitioner, clocked 50 on the 12th of November. A native of Amangwu village, Nsibiri was educated at Nnodo Boys Secondary School, ...
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