‘EMPTY BARRELS’ – OTTI DISMISSES UZOR KALU, ORJI, IKPEAZU OPPOSITION GANG-UP. (PHOTO)

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 ‘Empty barrels’ – Otti dismisses Uzor Kalu, Orji, Ikpeazu opposition gang-up Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has urged Abians to disregard recent remarks by some leaders of the opposition in the state. Governor Otti who was speaking on Saturday at Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Umuoriehi, Umuahia North LGA, during the dedication of the church building, said that those who are gathering against him were the same people that failed to develop the state in the past. Otti was reacting to an alliance formed against his re-election by former Abia governors Orji Uzor Kalu, Theodore Orji and Okezie Ikpeazu. The governor slammed the opposition members for pursuing personal interest above the collective development of Abia, declaring that every gathering they are making against him would collapse. He said, “Pastor Uguru made reference to the noise that you may have been hearing in the last few days. “I want us to just dismiss it as noise, you know, and it’s always the empty barrel that makes...

96-YEAR-OLD VOTER TURNED BACK OVER MISSING PVC IN AGULU. (PHOTO).


 96-year-old voter turned back over missing PVC in Agulu


A 96-year-old woman, Elizabeth Onike, was left in tears on Saturday at Polling Unit 019, Umudim Akasi village, Agulu, Anaocha LGA, after officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) refused her vote for not presenting her Permanent Voter Card (PVC).


Onike, who arrived early to cast her ballot, pleaded with officials and showed hospital and other identification cards, explaining she had voted at the same polling unit for years but could not locate her PVC this time.


“I have been voting here for years. This is where I vote. I don’t know where I kept the card,” she said, visibly distressed as neighbours tried to console her.


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