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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees Chairman, Senator Adolphous Wabara, has defied his critics and party faithful in Abia state and again praised Dr Alex Otti for his good work in state, noting that he was born an Abian before becoming a member of PDP.
This was against the backdrop of the purported suspension of the former Senate President by Abia state chapter of the party for an alleged anti-party activity.
The Abia PDP had allegedly suspended the PDP BOT chairman for openly supporting Otti, the sole governor of the Labour Party (LP) in the country.
Damning his critics at the celebration of the 80th birthday of the former Abia Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr Eme Okoro, in Umuahia, Senator Wabara said even a blind man could see the achievements of Governor Otti in Abia state.
Wabara noted that he was a citizen of Abia before becoming a member of PDP while praising the good work Governor Otti was doing in the state.
He said, “Before becoming a PDP card-carrying member, before becoming an NRC card-carrying member in this state, I, Adolphus Nduneweh Wabara, was first and foremost a citizen of Abia.
“Politics ends after campaigns, after elections and then you start thinking of governance. Even a blind man can see what is happening in Abia! And, I am saying it again! Maybe now since they said I was suspended, they can now expel me.
“But, having said so, sir, continue with the works; our ancestors in Abia are with you”, Senator Wabara declared.
He jokingly called on the PDP leadership in the state to go on air the next day to suspend Dr. Emelike Okoro, whom Governor Otti came to celebrate.
Senator Wabara who boasted that nobody could suspend him in the PDP for speaking the truth that everyone could see, declared that he would continue to appreciate the governor for the good works he was doing.
“I will be one of those who will continue to appreciate you. I have not mentioned Labour Party; I have always mentioned Governor Alex Otti. We are all with you,” the BOT chairman of PDP declared.
Wabara said Otti who they never wanted to be governor had recovered the state from the ruins of bad governance.
Also speaking, the birthday celebrant, Dr. Emelike Okoro, said that Governor Otti had brought a breath of fresh air to Abia state.
He commended the governor for the recent flag off the reconstruction of Onuinyang-Okporoenyi Oboro road traversing Bende LGA in Abia North and Ikwuano LGA in Abia Central.
He further said the roads would greatly boost the agricultural sector of the state from that corridor.
Okoro recalled that he had advised Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe when he he sought his support for governorship to go back to the Senate.
In his speech, Governor Alex Otti, congratulated Dr. Okoro on his 80th birthday, saying “you have turned 80 years younger.”
He explained that his relationship with Dr. Okoro transcended politics, describing him as a father and mentor.
He restated that his administration had zero tolerance to any form of segregation, maintaining his stance that “so long as you live in Abia and do the things expected of a citizen, you are from Abia”.
He described Abians as people of excellence and called on those living on primordial sentiments to wake up and embrace the new Abia that his administration was building which he said was anchored on excellence, capacity, competence, equity, and so on.
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