Abia state governor elect, Dr. Alex Otti of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) have said that he will retrieve Abia state stolen funds, started from Senator T. A Orji’s tenure .

Otti, who underwent interview with Punch editor, revealed that, anyone that rule Abia state must be accountable, he also clarify the making rumuor that said that Pres. Buhari influenced the Appeal Court.

Read interview excerpt below:

What accounts for the criticism that trailed your victory at the Court of Appeal?

My victory was never criticised by the teeming people of Abia State. Rather, it was a lawyer paid to do a hatchet job and a few handpicked men hired by the Abia State Government that criticised the judgment. Indeed, the judgment was greeted by spontaneous celebrations in all the nooks and crannies of Abia because it reflected the wish of the people. Anyway, the people know who they voted for. They know that they voted for me and that I won the election. It was after 48 hours of the judgment that the state government mobilised and organised the fake protest.

It is unfortunate that some senior citizens of Abia, who are on the payroll of the government, were called out to the streets to protest. Senior citizens should live above board. I understand they are trying to protect their means of livelihood. But petitions are not won on the television or on the streets. Given the fact that Ikpeazu had shown his intention to appeal the judgment, the hired elders and co-travellers should have conducted themselves with decorum. I do not see how the Supreme Court would not uphold the judgment of the Court of Appeal because the judgment given by the Court of Appeal was well grounded. There are 1.3 million voters in the state. The Peoples Democratic Party in Abia knew it cannot win the governorship election so, the party isolated three local government areas – Osisioma, Obingwa and Isiala-Nwga – to perpetrate electoral fraud. On the day of the election, they ensured violence in these three LGAs. In the 14 other LGAs of the state, I was leading by over 60, 000 votes and they brought in their thugs and ballot boxes stuffed with fake ballot papers, they filled the ballot papers with fake results and they forced the Returning Officer to reverse himself.

Will you probe the Okezie Ikpeazu administration if you emerge as governor?

I won’t call it a probe but everybody should be accountable. If there’s evidence that somebody made away with money, our collective wealth, they should return it – as it is being done at the federal level. This is one of the reasons why some people are against me. They may start to return the money before I come on board.

Are you going to defect to the All Progressives Congress if you emerge as governor?

There’s no law that says everybody must be in the same party. It was the impunity within the PDP that made people defect to the then ruling party. Someone said that the PDP would rule for 60 years, I think he made a mistake, I think he meant 16 years. I do not have any plan to defect. I have respect for APC chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, because he remained within his party and he built it into a formidable platform despite the intimidations from the PDP.


Source - http://abacityblog.com/2016/01/i-will-retrieve-abia-state-stolen-funds-says-alex-otti/

No be only retrieve hope u don't retrieve it for ur personal use politicians wey dey always one over take one another for stealing abeg make we hear word

Even if it is the only thing he achieved,i will be more than satisfied