Abia Gov, Otti Denies Suing President Tinubu, FG

The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has refuted media allegations suggesting that he took legal action against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Federal Government.

In a press release issued on Friday through his Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko, the Governor labelled the reports as false information and advised the public to disregard them.

Naija News understands that a different section of the said fake report claims that Governor Otti has imposed a restriction on businesses run by Nigerians from the northern region residing in Abia State.

It further says this restriction will remain in place until the necessary authorization to construct the proposed seaport and international airport is obtained.

However, Otti, in the statement made available to journalists on Friday, read: “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).

“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.

“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.

“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.

“The general public is by this statement, therefore, advised to ignore the fake report, treat it for what it is, a trash, and consign it to the waste bin, as it is the handiwork of idle rabble-rousers.”