Abia Governor, Otti Forfeits Salary For Next Four Years

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has said he will not take any salary for the next four years.

Speaking at an event on Monday in Umuahia, the state capital, the governor revealed that he has not received a salary since he took office on May 29, 2023.

Otti also said he decided to forfeit his salary because he does not need the money and can take care of his family with his own money.

The governor added that the Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly recently reminded him that he had not received a salary for the past four months.

He said, “The speaker reminded me that I have not taken salary for 4 months, and I will not take for 4 years. I have only one wife and 3 children, and we can take care of ourselves.”

Senator Abbo Accuses Akpabio Of Being Responsible For His Removal, Reveals Other Senators Targeted

The lawmaker representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Elisha Abbo, on Monday, accused the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of being responsible for his removal from office.

Naija News reported that the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday voided the election of Abbo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and declared Amos Yohanna of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the poll.

The three-member panel presided over by Justice C.E. Nwosu-Iheme, in a judgement, ordered INEC to issue a Certificate of Return to Yohanna as validly elected lawmaker for the senatorial district.

Abbo, in his reaction to the court judgment, said four other senators who worked against the emergence of Akpabio as Senate President had been targeted for removal from the Red Chamber through the court.

The lawmaker, while addressing newsmen, specifically mentioned the Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu as the next target for removal from the Senate.