“Alex Otti has continued to present a viable template of how leadership could generate wealth that will put purchasing power into the hands of the citizenry and a cycle of economic sustenance and revenue generation for the state that will lead to a wholesome development rather than stealing from the state and everyone blind”
There are three interesting stories of allegations against Alex Otti in Abia State that has remained a regular feature among the people that created the weak political systems that has characterized Abia State and its polity. As a politician, who have remained the sole opposition to the political stronghold of Abia state, these stories take main stage whenever the authorities found the need to scare away Alex Otti’s followers and admirers.
And what are the stories; Alex Otti defrauded Diamond Bank, that Alex Otti connived with T.A. Orji former governor of Abia State to loot the state funds and created several accounts where they kept the money, then the last one, Alex Otti is broke and is seeking for every avenues to recoup money he has spent in previous elections, these allegations abound and many others too childish and unrealistic to waste precious time on.
Nobody among the believers and propagators of these stories ever took the pains to conduct a research and find out that Alex Otti left an impressive legacy of growth in business and stark record of prudent fiscal administration throughout his tenure as the CEO, of Diamond Bank. Nobody ever take the pains to find out that Alex Otti was the Head of all the CEO’s of Banks in Nigeria and left a track record of leadership capacity that endeared him to a network of prime investors, financiers and credible leadership examples needed for the sustenance of any polity, both in business and politics at both domestic and international levels.
In my little time of research, I have met men who convincingly admitted to have created those stories of mudslinging and character assassination in the days of robust patronage with the PDP led political system in control of Abia state resources until the leadership chose to become viciously deepened in evil and barbarism.
Nobody ever dared to take the pains to find out and ask responsible questions of common sense, when does CEO’s of banks take decision of fiscal administration and management of finances for their clients not to mention, for state governments. And most interesting, Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate has on many occasions made reference to how he leveraged on the fiscal prudence of the same Alex Otti as CEO of Diamond Bank to build up financial investment running into billions of Naira and millions of dollars for the benefit of his state government when he served as Governor.
Then, added to the allegations is that; Alex Otti is broke, like the man has no money to fund his election and that he is running another election in the coming 2023 gubernatorial elections to recover huge outlay from last elections.
Now the problem is; this nightmare has become endless and really worrisome especially when the proponent of those stories has found out, Alex Otti is not given in to cheap blackmail and beer parlour jive talk of lackeys, their errand boys in adult body and their godfathers, rather, the man has continued to wax stronger and remained consistent in challenging the poor leadership and abusive policies of negligence and ignorance propagated by the PDP led government of Mr. Okezie Ikpeazu
These are, and have remained the ever-trending allegations that have given the PDP led government of Mr. Okezie Ikpeazu a momentary relief from the nightmare of the presence of the man called Alex Otti in Abia state politics.
Now the problem is; this nightmare has become endless and really worrisome especially when the proponent of those stories has found out, Alex Otti is not given in to cheap blackmail and beer parlour jive talk of lackeys, their errand boys in adult body and their godfathers, rather, the man has continued to wax stronger and remained consistent in challenging the poor leadership and abusive policies of negligence and ignorance propagated by the PDP led government of Mr. Okezie Ikpeazu.
More so, Alex Otti has continued to present a viable template of how leadership could generate wealth that will put purchasing power into the hands of the citizenry and a cycle of economic sustenance and revenue generation for the state that will lead to a wholesome development rather than stealing from the state and everyone blind and like Robbin Hood, you share some to story tellers, journalists that has been so impoverished by the devastating Nigeria economic system so much that for a penny, they could create such a huge hoax as the 3 allegations I have just mentioned above and this is where I will sincerely give the PDP led government of Abia State a credit for creating such a huge monster of deception in Abia state that was able to destroy so much of mental psyche of both the so called educated and religious people of Abia state that should know better to ask and probe issues of state interest as it concerns their welfare and economy.
Abia state will be in for the best time of its miserable political sojourn with the likes of Alex Otti on the leadership saddle and this is what the financiers and educated urchins paid pennies to crawl up into every forums with those malicious stories has been struggling to deprive Abians in order to continue to steal from the state and its people
For the benefit of doubt, T.A.Orji is there and still active in government, He has been a guest to EFCC on multiple times, he can speak for himself if he so choses, Uzoma Dozie, the scion of Paschal Dozie, founder of Diamond Bank is there and still alive, he can speak up for their family investment that he took over from Alex Otti.
The same Alex Otti acclaimed to be broke, for the interest of those that may care to know has been issued a license to float his own Bank, a commercial bank registered as ‘Signature bank’ – All you need to do is to ask and search, and you will find, rather than engage in a rat race of misery and political bondage.
Abia state will be in for the best time of its miserable political sojourn with the likes of Alex Otti on the leadership saddle and this is what the financiers and educated urchins paid pennies to crawl up into every forums with those malicious stories has been struggling to deprive Abians in order to continue to steal from the state and its people, unfortunately they have met their waterloo with Alex Otti still standing strong.
In my little time of research, I have met men who convincingly admitted to have created those stories of mudslinging and character assassination in the days of robust patronage with the PDP led political system in control of Abia state resources until the leadership chose to become viciously deepened in evil and barbarism.
Some decided to leave the evil camp and look out for Alex Otti in regret and remorse to align forces with him for the benefit of the state and its people while to others the nightmare has remained a perpetual torture so much that across the netizens, you see young people and adults struggling to fight in defense for the PDP government of Okezie Ikpeazu without the slightest knowledge that for the mention of Alex Otti at any gathering of the vicious cycle of the characters that has destroyed Abia state, bringing entire people to their knees and beggarly, both Okezie Ikpeazu and his cohorts has continued to suffer a nightmare that they would scarcely recover from until the day the people of Abia State will come for their necks.
Njoku SaintJerry A is the Abia State Publicity Secretary, He writes from Umuahia
