Ikpeazu:  Obi Has No Similarities With Otti

Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, says the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the state, Dr Alex Otti, has no similarities in character with the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi.

Ikpeazu, while speaking with journalists in Aba on Friday, said while Obi was noted for his modest, frugal and simple lifestyle, Otti was the opposite.

The governor stated that Abia voters were aware that there was no connection between Obi and Otti’s schools of thought.

He stressed that the move by Otti and the LP in the state to capitalise on what has been described as the “Obi Political Tsunami” to capture the Abia Government House would fail because the people were aware that Otti was not Obi in all ramifications.

Governor Ikpeazu said Obi’s phenomenon must not be narrowed down to the efforts of LP, stressing that doing so would diminish the huge efforts put in by several angry Nigerians and first-time voters who were not members of any political party but found a credible candidate in Obi who they were willing to vote as president of the country.

Ikpeazu, however, said it was unfortunate that many people, who ordinarily would stand no chance of clinching any political position because of their bad character and poor relationship with the people, are hiding under Obi to bamboozle their way to power and calls for caution.

He said: “In Abia, our people know that Obi is not Otti. They know that both of them represent different things altogether. Their records are there. Obi, as a governor, did not retrench Anambra workers, but Otti as a bank Managing Director retrenched bank workers.

“Obi is not arrogant. He is a very simple man with a very humble lifestyle but Otti is the opposite of Obi. He flies around in private jets and takes up entire floors of 7-Star Hotels for his accommodation. That’s a huge gap from the man he’s hiding under him to grab power.

“Again, it’s on record that Obi left the economy.