‘House’s falling apart’: Abia PDP knocks Otti over CPS, others’ removal

The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Governor Alex Otti-led administration of lacking proper administrative direction.

The Abia PDP said with the sacking of the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and the suspension of the state Commissioner for Health, an air of uncertainty has enveloped the state government officials because nobody knows whom the axe will fall next.

The party said this in a statement issued by its Vice Chairman/Acting State Publicity Secretary, Abraham Amah, on Monday, June 24, 2024.

Amah noted that the PDP has reliable intelligence that many Abia State commissioners and governor’s aides are considering throwing in the towel following the removal of their colleagues.

He stated: “A fortnight ago, Alex Otti suspended the Commissioner for Health, Ngozi Okoronkwo, on allegations of massive corruption in the Ministry and placed her under investigation.

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“When the PDP released a statement claiming the suspension was more than meets the eye, as she was not the only one that has exhibited many excesses in the Alex Otti team, his Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, overreached himself and bared open the mindset of Alex Otti and his methods to the public when he started their usual PDP-bashing press statement with a quote by the infamous Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler’s chief propagandist who helped Hitler to slaughter over six million Jews.

“The condemnations from well-meaning Nigerians that trailed Okey Kanu’s infamous quote are yet to settle, and Abians now know the copybook of Alex Otti and his operatives and the reason why he has been dealing ruthlessly with Abians, particularly the State finances, pensioners, sacked workers, and unpaid workers, in Hitler-style methods that brought the Third Reich to an inglorious end.

“Last week, Alex Otti sacked his Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko, and replaced him with one Ukoha Njoku Ukoha. We had expected that Ukoha N. Ukoha would understand that his duty is to tell Abians and Nigerians how his principal has delivered on his campaign promises and showcase his good works, if there are any, beyond re-asphalting roads done by the previous administration.”

Amah added: “Presently, Alex Otti’s house is falling apart, and we advise him to come down from his high horse, swallow his pride, and recall those he sacked ignominiously so that they will help him in the good governance and administration of Abia State before the roof finally collapses on his head.

“The people he sacked were not Okezie Ikpeazu loyalists, not PDP members, but Abia civil servants, who ordinarily must be loyal to any government in power, as they are loyal to him now. No time is too late to do the right thing.”

The Star