APGA Insists On Suspension Of Alex Otti

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has insisted that Dr. Alex Otti, the governorship candidate of the party during 2019 election in Abia state, remained suspended from APGA as the Abia State Working Committee(SWC) of the party was yet to lift the suspension slammed on the renowned financial expert.
The party also insisted that Otti never consulted or informed the leadership of APGA in the state on his petition, challenging the reelection of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).
The Supreme Court, few weeks ago, affirmed the election of Okezie Ikpeazu as Abia State Governor.
Recall that an Appeal Court sitting in Owerri, the Imo state capital and headed by Justice R.A Adah, struck out the appeal filed by the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate in the 2019 governorship election in Abia State, Alex Otti, and validated Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s victory.
Earlier before the Appeal Court Judgment, a three-man panel of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, Abia state capital, and chaired by Justice A.L. Ogumoye, had dismissed the petition filed by Dr Alex Otti against the declaration of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu.
The tribunal ruled that the petitioner failed to prove the case of over-voting, non-compliance to the INEC election guideline and the electoral act.
Alex Otti had prayed the tribunal to cancel fifteen out of the seventeen local government areas election results in Abia State, alleging that the respondent, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, perpetrated excessive malpractice in those local government areas.