“Abia 2027: Rotimi Amaechi  Writes Off Other Parties, Says  “Otti’s Second Term, A Walkover”

By Charles Igbo

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Rotimi Amaechi, is not giving his party any chance in the 2027 Governorship election in Abia State.

Amaechi, a two-term Governor of Rivers  State, and the immediate past Minister of Transportation, gave his party and other parties a zero-chance in the 2027 Governorship race. He said the election will be a walk-over for the incumbent State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti.

He spoke in Umuahia when he led a delegation of Otti’s University matesat the University of Port Harcourt to Umuahia to see some of Otti’s accomplishments as Governor since May 29, 2023, when he was sworn-in.

Overwhelmed by how much the State has changed since Otti, Amaechi wondered where the Governor was getting the money to embark on the challenging but solid and laudable projects. The question to ask Otti is from where he is getting funds to embark on the projects, Amaechi wondered.

Amaechi: “We are a delegation of Governor Alex Otti’s year mates from the University of Port Harcourt; those of us who graduated between 1980 and 1989.

“Seeing is believing. This is incredible, especially, Port Harcourt road. The last time I was here, it was littered with refuse and riddled with gullies not potholes. To see the transformation in commendable.

“The question to ask is: where is he getting the money to fund all this? Many Governors complain – genuinely – that there’s no money. So, Alex must tell us how he’s doing it.

“What I saw at the Omenuko Bridge which was a death trap is commendable. The old bridge was terrifying. It looked like something out of the civil war era. Why was it left in that condition all these years? Did the previous Governors not see it? People even died there in the 70s and 80s.

“If the current pace and quality of work are sustained, Otti’s second term bid will be a walkover.”

Governor Alex Otti is of the Labour Party, LP.