Abia State government has disowned a report on social media where Governor Alex Otti was quoted as saying that he had no business with Lagos and also that he would make Lagos look like a village.
The State government was reacting to the trending report tagged “Governor Otti fires back at over demolition of Igbo businesses.
The report had also quoted Otti as saying: “I have no business with Lagos, I am not competing with Lagos. My competition is China and Dubai.
“By the time I’m done with Abia, Lagos will look like a village”.
But a statement released by Ferdinand Ekeoma, the Special Adviser to Governor Otti on Media and Publicity on Sunday night, described the statement as false, baseless and unfounded propaganda issued by angry and frustrated politicians.
Ekeoma, who said that his principal detests garrulous and childish showmanship, said that Abia Governor could not have made a statement that bears the signature of arrogance, thoughtlessness and divisiveness.
“Given the relationship which has become an unbreakable bond that has existed between Governor Otti and his brother Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for decades, speaking to the Governor directly off camera on any subject matter is one of the easiest things to do,” he said.
He alleged that authors of the fake news were the same desperate politicians that wrote petitions and inciting articles immediately they learnt that President Bola Tinubu was coming to commission some projects in Abia.
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