Breaking: Alex Otti, Finally Joins APC, Dumps APGA |The Source

By Akinwale Kasali

Former Banker turned- politician, Alex Otti, has finally joined the All Progressives Congress, APC.  Otti is  hoping that the move would bring to reality his persistent dream of becoming the Abia State Governor.

Otti was the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the 2019 Gubernatorial elections in Abia State.

He officially declared for the APC in his private palatial country home in Arochukwu, Abia State.

The Politician hosted the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, former Chairman of APGA, Senator Victor Umeh,  House of Representatives Spokesman, Hon Benjamin Kalu, among other party stalwarts.

Addressing the guests present at his residence, Otti declared that he has since registered as a member of the APC in his ward,  narrating how the former Abia State Governor,  Orji Kalu, initially, tried  to convince him to join the party in 2018.

“Let me use this opportunity to announce that I have registered in APC. In 2018 it was 10pm, one day,  and Senator Orji Uzor Kalu showed up in my house in Lagos. I wasn’t even expecting him. Kalu said the reason for his visit is to ask me to join the APC. I will only support you if you’re going to contest the 2019 election under the umbrella of the APC because I want to put a stop to all the nonsense going on in the state.

“Two days later, we met at the airport  and I was chatting with the former Minister for Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole,  and Senator Orji Kalu told the Minister about his visit to my place two days ago.

“Then we started the discussion all over,  but I didn’t join, the reason I didn’t join the APC was not because I didnt see truth in what he was saying, but I had already embarked on a mission, and I needed to fight the injustice in the party, and on Friday the 14th of August, I will publicly declare for APC.

“Let me also note, importantly, that I am not joining the party because I want to be Governor, but I want to join the opposition as a unified platform to remove the evil in this land.

”If you go to Ebonyi state, you will be marvelled at the good job that David Umahi is doing in the state, yet they don’t get as much as what Abia gets in terms of Federal and other allocations. We need someone who can turn around the fortunes of Abia State from the beginning,  and we shall support whosoever becomes the person.

We shall also ensure that we remove memebers who are unfaithful, especially candidates who negotiate with other parties for monetary benefits.”

Exposing his ordeals in previous political parties, , Otti disclosed that he was duped when he was a member of the PDP.  He described the Abia PDP as made up of fraudulent individuals.

He said , “I spent so much money when I was in the PDP (People’s Democratic Party) but at the end, I discovered they are all fraudulent in PDP, I was duped by the PDP, so I had to leave the party for them.

He thanked the Chieftain and former Chairman of  APGA, Victor Umeh, for his presence.

Otti lamented the sorry state of Abia State, and ascribed the poor Governance in Abia State to the non-interest of elites in politics.

He, however, urged Abians to rise up against bad governance in the state. According to him, majority of people in the state lived below the poverty line.

Speculation is that Umeh may, also, dump APGA as Kali is said to be mounting pressure on him to defect to the APC.