Abia State government has dismissed fresh news reports claiming that Governor Alex Otti has defected from the Labour Party and joined the All Progressive Congress, APC.
Some persons from Abia State had last week, uploaded a picture of Governor Otti where he visited Governor Peter Mbah, a few days before Mbah’s defection to the APC.
According to them, the visit was part of Governor Otti’s alleged approach to smoothen his entrance into the ruling national party.
However, the Abia State government, on Monday, through the Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, described the news about Otti’s defection as a fabrication by political propagandists.
“Governor Alex Otti remains a committed and proud member of the Labour Party, the platform under which the good people of Abia overwhelmingly elected him to serve.
“His focus remains unshaken, to rebuild Abia, restore accountability, and deliver the dividends of democracy to every citizen of the State”, the Commissioner said.
He advised the public to disregard the report and treat it as another cheap propaganda.