I have no business with Lagos, I’m not competing with Lagos. My competition is China and Dubai ~Abia Governor Declear

Aba Rising: Otti’s Vision Beyond Lagos

In the heat of controversy surrounding the demolition of Igbo businesses in Lagos, Governor Alex Otti has fired back with words that are shaking the political and economic landscape of Nigeria:

“I have no business with Lagos, I’m not competing with Lagos. My competition is China and Dubai. By the time I’m done with Aba, Lagos will look like a village.”

With this statement, Otti has not only defended his people against deliberate economic suffocation but has also charted a revolutionary path, one that repositions Aba, the commercial heartbeat of Abia State, as a new frontier of African prosperity.

For decades, Aba has been known as the home of ingenuity, where artisans, traders, and innovators have created wealth with little or no government support. Yet, successive governments abandoned Aba’s potential, leaving its infrastructure to decay while its people were forced to seek opportunities elsewhere. Otti’s declaration is a bold reversal of that trend, a promise to reclaim Aba’s destiny as a global hub for commerce, innovation, and manufacturing.

This is not just rhetoric. While Lagos hides behind the façade of modernity and continues to treat Igbo entrepreneurs as second-class citizens, Otti is laying the foundation for a city that can rival Dubai’s enterprise and China’s manufacturing might. Roads are being rebuilt, investors are being courted, and the Aba spirit, restless, resilient, and resourceful, is being unleashed.

Let it be clear: Aba does not need validation from Lagos. The Igbo nation does not require permission to dream. Just as Dubai rose from the desert sands to become a glittering global destination, so too can Aba rise from neglect and become the pride of Africa. Otti’s vision is not merely about rebuilding a city; it is about rewriting the economic destiny of the South East and, by extension, Nigeria.

When Otti says Lagos will look like a village compared to Aba, it is not arrogance, it is prophecy. And for the first time in a long time, the people of Abia can see a leader with both the courage to speak and the will to act.

History will remember this moment not as a soundbite, but as the beginning of Aba’s renaissance.

Your Ever Well Wisher

Mazi Onyeani Kalu

The GrandMaster💥

I am against Tribal and Ethnic Demolition of properties anywhere in Nigeria.