Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has stated why he visited the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, who is serving a hail term in Sokoto.
Speaking when the leadership of the Abia Diaspora Commission
and the medical team of the state Global Medical Mission 2025 visited him at
the Government House, Umuahia, on Friday, Otti said his visit was not driven by
political ambition.
The governor’s clarification is coming against the backdrop
of a video circulating on social media, where a certain man was criticising his
visit to Kanu.
However, Otti defended his visit to the IPOB leader, saying
that the trip was driven by the need for dialogue and peace.
According to him, the video represented differing opinions,
which formed part of the democratic system, arguing that disagreement did not
automatically make one position right.
Otti also said that he had no intention of contesting any
election after completing his tenure as governor.
“One of the issues he raised in the video was my ambition
after serving as governor.
“I have said this before, sometime in October, when we
received representatives of the President, and I will say it again today. By
the time I complete my tenure as governor, I will retire from public office,”
he said.
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