HOW WE WON THE ELECTION WITHOUT PETER OBI, OTTI, THE NEWLY ELECTED GOVERNOR OF ABIA

Alex Otti

On Thursday, Alex Otti, the incoming governor of Abia State, asserted that he had previously won a governorship without the support of Peter Obi, the Labour Party's nominee for president.

Speaking on Channels Television, Otti insisted that he was the winner of the 2015 election that resulted in the election of Okezie Ikpazu as governor for the All Progressives Grand Alliance, or APGA.

On Wednesday, Otti was named the winner of the poll conducted on March 18—Saturday. Additionally, he disclosed that he joined the Labour Party prior to Peter Obi.

He said, "In 2015 when I ran under APGA, there was no Peter Obi. And we have it on our record that I won that election. At the time we were joining the Labour Party, Peter Obi had not joined.

"It took about a week before he called me and said that he purchased the presidential nomination form and he was coming to the Labour Party," he said.

However, Otti acknowledged the former governor of Anambra for his role in the recently held election, saying Obi, "came to Abia about four times to campaign for us.

"Peter Obi is a great addition to our campaign, but I can tell you that we won an election before in Abia without him."