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Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti has denied viral reports that the state has dragged President Bola Tinubu and the federal government at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Kazie Uko which was made available to The Eastern Updates, Otti said that it was false that the state government took the federal government and President Tinubu to ICC for refusing to grant the request of the Abia Governor to establish a seaport as well as an international airport in Abia.
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The statement which read in parts has it that “Abia State Government’s attention has been drawn to a fake report trending on social media, especially X (formerly Twitter), that the Governor had sued the Nigerian Government and President Bola Tinubu at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
“The fake news claims that Governor Otti sued the Federal Republic of Nigeria and President Tinubu for allegedly refusing to grant the request of the Governor of the state to establish a seaport as well as an international airport in Abia.
“Another part of the badly stringed and concocted report alleges that Governor Otti had also placed a ban on businesses operated by Nigerians of Northern extraction resident in Abia State, until the approval for the establishment of the said seaport and international airport is granted.
In another development, the Port Harcourt to Aba rail line is billed to commence full operations by the end of March, The Eastern Updates has gathered.
This was made known by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria, who was on an inspection visit to the facility in Port Harcourt on Saturday.
Okhiria said the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) handling the project have assured the NRC that by the end of March, travellers would be able to travel to and from Aba by train.
He further said there are plans to link the Onne Port to the rails for the movement of goods to Aba, Umuahia, and Enugu.
