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The governor of Abia State, Alex Otti has asserted that the doors of the Labour Party, LP, would remain open and will not be closed against the members of the opposition party who are wishing to cross the carpet.
Otti stated at Abia State Government House, during his media chat with Abia people, that a political party is like a church where you cannot stop someone who has come to worship from entering.
He, however, made it clear that the good governance presently going on in the state cannot be changed or affected by the entrance of people from the opposition parties.
He also disclosed that he has been utilising security votes to secure the state in line with his campaign promises.
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Otti, who said that the costs of maintaining the lives and safety of Abia residents have been financially high, disclosed that the leader of a kidnapping gang that abducted a professor was arrested at Murtala Mohammed Airport while he was trying to escape overseas.
He added that another member of the kidnapping team was nabbed in Port Harcourt, saying that the special efforts of the Operation Crush security team set up by his administration are yielding the desired results in rooting out criminals.
Otti further expressed joy that pensioners in the state who were owed for many years have received their pensions.
The Eastern Updates recalls that Otti had earlier in the week declared that no sacrifice is too big to make to better the lives of the people, stressing that even in the quest to build an economically vibrant state, the welfare of the citizens is topmost.
In his Easter message to the people of Abia, released on Sunday, the Governor pointed out that if Jesus could sacrifice His life to save mankind from eternal death, then “no sacrifice can be too big to improve the life of the very people for whom the Saviour paid the
