Abia State Governor Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, during his meeting with Permanent Secretaries of the various ministries in the state.
Otti never sued FG, Tinubu – CPS
From Boniface Okoro, Umuahia
Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Abia Governor, Mr. Kazie Uko, has called on general public to disregard news reports alleging that his Principal, Dr. Alex Otti, has dragged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the federal government before the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying that that piece of news item was fake.
The news claimed that Otti allegedly sued Tinubu and federal government for failing to site a seaport and an International Airport in Abia.
“Abia State Government’s attention has been drawn to a fake report trending on social media, especially X (formerly Twitter), that the Governor had sued the Nigerian Government and President Bola Tinubu at the International Criminal Court (ICC),” Uko wrote in a statement titled: “Ignore Fake News About Governor Otti Suing Federal Government, President Tinubu.”
“The fake news claims that Governor Otti sued the Federal Republic of Nigeria and President Tinubu for allegedly refusing to grant the request of the Abia Governor to establish a seaport, as well as an international airport in Abia,” the CPS explained.
He added: “Another part of the badly stringed and concocted report alleges that Governor Otti had also placed a ban on businesses operated by Nigerians of Northern extraction resident in Abia State, until the approval for the establishment of the said seaport and international airport is granted.”
Debunking the report, Uko noted that “there is absolutely no truth in this wickedly contrived fable. We are still on the drawing board on the proposed seaport while the Federal Government provided for an airstrip in Abia in the current budget, for which we are grateful.”
Advising the general public to ignore the fake report, Uko urged Nigerians to treat the news report “for what it is, a trash, and consign it to the waste bin, as it is the handiwork of idle rabble-rousers.”
