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Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State, has congratulated Alex Otti, the Labour Party candidate and winner of the state's governorship election on March 18.
In a statement issued immediately after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) pronounced Otti the winner of the election, the incumbent stated the Labour Party candidate waged a lengthy struggle over a long period of time and should be recognized for his perseverance and resilience.
The governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman also encouraged all Otti's opponents, including his party's candidate, Okey Ahiwe, not to use legal matters to distract the future governor.
Otti easily defeated his key challengers, including the PDP's Ahiwe and the Young Peoples Party's Enyinnaya Nwafor (YPP). Otti received 175,467 votes, Ahiwe received 88,529 votes, and Nwafor received 28,972 votes. The LP candidate also won 10 of the state's 17 local government areas, while the PDP received six and the YPP received one.
In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Onyebuchi Ememanka, Ikpeazu said the governor-win elect's must be viewed as a greater vocation to serve the people of Abia State.
He also praised the other candidates who ran in the poll, particularly the PDP candidate, for their tenacity. He encouraged the candidates not to use judicial matters to distract the next governor.
“Having myself spent about three and half years in different courts and having experienced first-hand, the distraction such cases can cause a leader, I appeal to every candidate in this election not to distract the incoming administration with court cases, so that they will settle down and deal with the very demanding business of governance,” Ikpeazu was quoted to have stated.
“Let us break this negative trend of subjecting our Governors to endless litigations and allow them to concentrate on providing good governance.”
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