👀 𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐈 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐃, 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐀 𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

"𝑨 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒋𝒆𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒌𝒑𝒐 𝒐𝒓𝒊 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒊 (𝒊𝒌𝒑𝒖𝒌𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒖) "

When Governor Otti was voted into power, most people expected phenomenal transformation within his first term, having contested twice before finally winning the election in 2023 every political watcher thought he came prepared,

The general conclusion among many was that the Governor had a robust blueprint on how to resuscitate Abia State, given his background; first, as an economist, and secondly, as a seasoned banker. Moreover, the initial name dropping of technocrats purported to be associated with his government, such as Okonjo Iweala, Aruma Otteh, Ndubuisi Ekekwe, and Johnson Chukwu falsely gave the impression that Abia had entered an era of strategic planning and execution. Unfortunately, we later discovered that these names were mostly for validation and photo ops.

It is on record that Abia is blessed with some of the best human capital in the South East.

We saw some of these names participating in retreats, seminars, and interactive sessions with Abians in the diaspora before and after the swearing-in of the Governor. This gave a semblance of structured planning and organized programs to relaunch Abia among the comity of states ready for 21st-century development challenges.

After 28 months of assuming governance, many have seen hope dashed and expectations evaporated. Many had hoped that the government would have begun a structured revival of critical sectors such as education, health, trade and investment, transport, and industrialization

Unfortunately, while other states are opening new factories; like the Stallion Motors Assembly Plant in Enugu or the Orashi Gas City in Oguta, Imo State etc, Abia State is busy acting skits, shouting loud on social media about high performing Otti without any major substance or impact in real term performance. It is alleged the state spends about N530m monthly on media and propaganda. The focus has remained on issues like recoating of old roads, repainting of roofs, incosistency in salary payments, endless worker's verification exercises, forfeited pensions, and gratuities, which continue to dominate the indices of growth and development.

Until last year, many had believed that opposition in Abia would have died a natural death due to the social media overhype surrounding government exploits, especially on the proposed:

🔸𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭,

🔸𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐰𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐚,

🔸𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚,

🔸𝐎𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 ,

🔸𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭,

🔸𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐤𝐰𝐚,

🔸𝐍𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐮 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞,

🔸𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐔𝐦𝐮𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐚,

🔸𝐄𝐧𝐲𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬.

However, after waiting in vain for these proposed and highly advertised and celebrated projects to materialize, 29 months after, questions have began to arise about the actual locations and status of these projects.

Today, Abians have come to realize that what they ordered is not what they are being served. Considering the strides of sister states like Imo, Enugu, and Anambra, and given 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐢𝐥-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝟑𝟖 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝟏 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟗 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐭𝐭𝐢’𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

These revelations especially on the N72billion controversy over repairs of public schools from January 2024 to June 2025 have emboldened the opposition in Abia to take on the current administration over corruption and poor performance. The goodwill the Government once enjoyed has eroded among civil servants, pensioners, and the general public, including Aba traders who now understand that prompt payment of salaries and pensions cannot be classified as an achievement when the government receives huge revenue of N38 billion monthly with a wage bill of only N7 billion.

Opposition is strengthened and being taken seriously by Abians, the number is growing daily, especially with the realization that almost all of the promises of (New Abia ) made during the campaign have been abandoned. Most disturbing is the administration of local government funds, which has already led to the revolt of councillors at Osisioma Local Government and the subsequent resignation of the council leader ,again thats where the power of opposition weighed in and today the welfare and salaries of the councillors have been upgraded by the governor, even though it is an aberration that while President Tinubu have been fighting for and preaching local government autonomy Governor Otti, defiantly sabotaged Mr Presidents efforts at realizing a working LG system.

Many now believe that the current administration is neither ready nor interested in re-election come 2027, judging by its attitude towards those who supported its emergence in 2023 and the unending crisis in their party .

Today, in Abia, the entire opposition is uniting and congregating to peacefully vote out the present government.

The government that once claimed to be the messiah of Abia has suddenly realized that it has lost grip and can be voted out by the same Abians that hailed them. This fear has now birthed threats, intimidation, and talks of writing wills and threats of opposition and would contenders being killed which is being seen as recipe for crisis and anarchy coming from a Government.

A government that truly enjoys the confidence of the majority, including civil servants and pensioners; will not be this jittery about an election that is still many months away.

𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 , 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐦𝐮𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐚 /𝐈𝐤𝐨𝐭 𝐄𝐤𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟕𝐤𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝟐𝟓𝐤𝐦 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝.

As predicted, the cost of the project was not made public. We have also noticed that Abia state Government have seen payment of compensation to those affected by the road reconstruction as a veritable tool for fraud. We demand transparency in that regards.

A government sure of its stewardship should be eager to showcase its achievements as the basis for re-election, not resort to threats and fear tactics.

Abia State is now a low-hanging fruit for the opposition, led by the Abia APC. Governor Otti is on the path to being a one-term Governor. Former Governor Fayemi of Ekiti State followed a similar pattern and met the same fate before luck smiled on him for second tenure after initial disruptions.

A one-term Governor is loading in Abia.

A new dawn is possible, prophecy is becoming true.

Abians will soon witnesss a government high on empathy and performance.

𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐏𝐂 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩.

Umuahia, Abia State

26.10.2025