Abia: I don’t tolerate godfathers, won’t become one - Alex Otti

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said he will neither become a political godfather nor impose a successor on the state after completing his second term in office in 2031. Otti made the declaration on Thursday in Umuahia while receiving the former Social Democratic Party, SDP, governorship candidate, Mrs Ngozi Johnson Chukwunenye, and her supporters into the Labour Party, LP. According to the governor, leadership succession should be based on merit and competence rather than a “sit-tight” culture. He expressed confidence that whoever succeeds him would be better equipped to provide quality leadership for the people of Abia State. “The most important thing you can give a people is good governance. “And once people test good governance, it will be very difficult for them to allow you to take them back. “So, if you are afraid that we will go back to Egypt, it will never happen.