The executive Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti has insisted that he will recover the funds looted by the past administrations.
(Photo Credit - Alex Otti Verified Twitter Page)
Vanguard reported that Alex Otti, a chieftain of the Labour Party stated this at Nvosi during a solidarity visit by various groups and supporters of the Member representing Isialangwa South state constituency, Chief Rowland Chinwendu.
Alex Otti said; “I established forensic audit of our account as soon as I was sworn in and the report turns out that a lot of money was looted , stolen brazenly and part of the one I mentioned was the N10 billion Abia airport project. They started insulting me. If you follow what is happening in the media, you would know that what I said is true."
He added; "We are looking for our money. If we are not able to find the airport, they would have to refund us our money. We are not pursing anybody"
He stated further; "They should refund the money they stole, let’s use it to work for our people. Our place must develop. We will continue to build road , we will continue to be cleaning up the environment, we will continue to create jobs , we will continue to put our state on the map"
The recent statement by the executive Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti which was shared by Vanguard News on its verified Facebook page has generated a lot of reactions from many Nigerians on the social media platform.