The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer in the Abia State governorship election, Prof. Nnenna Oti, has revealed that she was offered financial incentives to manipulate the election results.

Before Alex Otti was declared the governor-elect last Wednesday, collation of the results for Obingwa Local Government Area (LGA) were briefly suspended by INEC, arousing tension amongst the electorate and stakeholders in the state.

Oti, who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Owerri, made the revelation on Tuesday while being welcomed by the management, staff and students of the university.

She stated that before the final declaration of the result, she was promised huge monetary inducement to change the will and mandate of the people of Abia but that she remained resolute in the face of heavy intimidation and threats.

“As an electoral officer, I have never in my life participated in any election, but duty came calling, I made my enquiries from Abuja,” Oti said.

“If I perish, I perish, they came with their threats, they came with their money, they came with their intimidation.”

She stated that she stood on her ideals and principles not to short-change anyone and ensured that the will of the people of Abia prevailed and that their votes counted during the election.

“I didn’t start today; I stand here before God, Jesus Christ. I have never defrauded anyone, all I did was to declare the riot act as follows: Under me, votes must count. Under me, the people’s mandate will be upheld because I, Professor Nnenna Oti, can never do evil,” she said.

The declared results by the returning officer saw the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Alex Otti score 175,467 votes to defeat Okey Ahiwe and Enyinnaya Nwafor, who got 88,529 and 28,972, respectively.

LadyExcellency:
Another Dorah Akunyelu

OGwales:
Madam rest... We don hear but we are not interested in your long story.
You simply favoured your distance cousin, Otti. The INEC chairman did better and the will of the loving Nigerians prevailed.

MorolayoVictor:
This again?
Haven't we passed this yet?

broadman20:

If what you are doing here is right before the almighty God maker of heaven and earth.

May it be well with you and your family.

But if not, may God in heaven who is our maker, disgrace you and your family beyond words can say and we can ever imagined.

This prayer is said,

In the name of God the father,

God the son,

And God the holy spirit......Amen.

HilcomTech:

Was she not the same crooked professor Nnenna Otti the FUTO VC that awarded ISA Pantami his Professor without Pantami ever stepping foot in FUTO

Kingcalls:

Close mouth...u are one of them ...don't pretend...all u that supported evil in this last election will have ur children and children children suffer and they will not know whr the problem is from

LadyExcellency:
Another Dorah Akunyelu

MichaelSokoto:
our very present Dora Akunyili!

alanto:
Very fine woman

Tookool:

Inner beauty ?

Tookool:

Inner beauty is the best na

OGwales:
Madam rest... We don hear but we are not interested in your long story. You simply favoured your distance cousin, Otti. The INEC chairman did better and the will of the loving Nigerians prevailed.

nepapole:


Akunyelu ke!

truthfinder319:
Letter to children of hate

Your religious sentiment is a failure: the first party
To
1. Have a Catholic Reverend father as a Governor in Benue
2. Have a 26 year old lady as an assembly member in Kwara
3. The first Southern Muslim as President since 1960

Get used to President Bola Tinubu for 4 or 8 years

Asiwaju was Treasurer to Mobil, Senator, Governor and now President

Your generation cannot match that record.

Peace.