Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has clarified that his recent visit to President Bola Tinubu was strictly to discuss issues concerning the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
Otti, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma, dismissed claims by a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Charles Ogbonnaya, who alleged that the governor met with Tinubu to perfect plans to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 elections.
Ekeoma explained that Otti’s meeting with the President came shortly after he visited Kanu at the Sokoto Custodial Centre on Sunday, November 30, 2025.
He noted that the visit was part of ongoing engagements the governor has held with the Federal Government over the past two years regarding Kanu’s case.
“The issue of Kanu was the only subject matter that took Governor Otti to Aso Rock. To the glory of God, the meeting was positive and fruitful, as the President was gracious and receptive,” the statement reads.
Governor Otti’s recent engagement with Kanu followed the IPOB leader’s sentencing to life imprisonment by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
