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Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has declared that there is no legal provision mandating a sitting governor to operate exclusively from the Government House, insisting that the Constitution does not prescribe a specific place of residence or official duty post for a state chief executive.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLsdHuj9CGo

Governor Otti made the assertion while responding to questions during a media parley in Umuahia, amid criticisms and threats of legal action by some of his predecessors and their loyalists over his decision to temporarily operate from his private residence in Nvosi.

The governor said he was unfazed by the threats and challenged those behind them to proceed to court without delay, adding that his legal team was fully prepared to defend his position.

“I am waiting to be sued. My lawyers are ready. I have looked at the Constitution, and there is nowhere it says I must live in a particular place,” Otti stated.

Otti explained that his decision was informed by the poor state of facilities at the Government House, which he said had been left in a deplorable condition by previous administrations.

According to him, the Governor’s Lodge and a new office complex within the Government House are currently undergoing reconstruction to restore the facility to a befitting standard.

“The state in which they left the Government House speaks for itself. I don’t owe anybody an explanation,” he added.

The controversy follows recent statements attributed to former Abia State governors, including Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, Senator Theodore Orji, and Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, and their supporters, who reportedly threatened to initiate legal action to compel Otti to relocate fully to the Government House in Umuahia.

babaztee:
Ottis's model is working because it is delivering the dividends of democracy and the people can see it. The three past governors who stayed and ruled Abians from the government house, what have they produced?
What has the stay in government house produced all the three put together?

They should leave Otti alone and not cause any distraction for the man.

The man is working.
What I see in the man is that, he has a compassionate heart and is willing to sacrifice his comfort to serve the people.

Governor Otti, I doff my hat for you. The Lord will keep you strong to do more for the people.

You are a man of the people.

madridguy:
Gov. Otti should not allow anyone to push him into the government house.

His babalawo might have seen dangers inside the government house and they don't have power to remove them.

He took Baba Buhari weeks before he moved into Aso Rock because his clerics have to cleanse the villa first. We saw people Jagaban brought into the villa too before he moved in.

fergie001:
Nothing like that, they just choose to not go there.
The former Governor was also not using there and performed abysmally. He is not using the Govt House but he is beautifying it, renovating and spending good money on serious infrastructure there for whom to use.

If he wants to enter there, fine...if he doesn't want to enter... Good.
All of them dey use babalowo, leave that levels. My countryhome is a about 1-2km from the Govt House.

madridguy:
Baba, babalawo pass babalawo, if the governor no get approval from his own he won't enter the place. You think they just decided not to use the government house ?

ppogba:
But there is a law that permits the state government to spend N3b in renovating the governor' s personal house in Isiala Ngwa?

bewla:
Good one tell them you are not to be bought over

ppogba:
But there is a law that permits the state government to spend N3b in renovating the governor' s personal house in Isiala Ngwa?

Elipsis:
Yarimo, food has landed. Come and comment quick, so you'll meet your daily target

babaztee:
Ottis's model is working because it is delivering the dividends of democracy and the people can see it. The three past governors who stayed and ruled Abians from the government house, what have they produced?
What has the stay in government house produced all the three put together?

They should leave Otti alone and not cause any distraction for the man.

The man is working.
What I see in the man is that, he has a compassionate heart and is willing to sacrifice his comfort to serve the people.

Governor Otti, I doff my hat for you. The Lord will keep you strong to do more for the people.

You are a man of the people.

Jayhome24:
Really, but when Tinubu was in DHQ for few weeks after his sworn-in I still remember you are among those losers shouting and insulting him now your govetnor doing the same and it's fine by you. That is hypocrisy.

Otti should go to that state house his private property is not the state house...

yarimo:
no law yet the dubious governor is collecting house rent from government despite leaving in his private residence

ppogba:
But there is a law that permits the state government to spend N3b in renovating the governor' s personal house in Isiala Ngwa?

madridguy:
Gov. Otti should not allow anyone to push him into the government house.

His babalawo might have seen dangers inside the government house and they don't have power to remove them.

He took Baba Buhari weeks before he moved into Aso Rock because his clerics have to cleanse the villa first. We saw people Jagaban brought into the villa too before he moved in.

Freetech:
Let's hear what Obi the package fraud will say about this

Sorry the jobless undertaker is busy calculating the days our president spent on travelling.

Whenever Otti speaks, you know the reason why he's better than Peter the desperado who talk before thinking