Posted by Samuel on Thu 04th Dec, 2025 - tori.ng
Otti explained that his visit to Tinubu was not centered around plans to defeat to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Abia State Governor Alex Otti has revealed that his visit to President Bola Tinubu centered on discussions regarding Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Otti explained that his visit to Tinubu was not centered around plans to defeat to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The governor, who gave the explanation through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma, was reacting to a claim by a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Charles Ogbonnaya.
Ogbonnaya had claimed that Otti met with Tinubu to discuss his planned defection to the APC ahead of 2027.
“The governor subsequently had a meeting with the President after visiting the IPOB leader at the Sokoto Correctional Centre on Sunday, November 30, 2025.
“This is in continuation of earlier meetings the governor had been having with the FG on this matter in the past two years.
“The issue of Kanu was the only subject matter that took Governor Otti to Aso Rock and to the glory of God, the meeting was both positive and fruitful, as the President was so gracious and generous,” he said.
Otti had recently visited Kanu in Sokoto Custodial Centre after he was sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice James Omotosho of Abuja Federal High Court.