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Why We Went to Court: The Struggle to Save PDP from Itself Elder Abraham Amah | #NwokeukwuMascot

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  Politic   There comes a time in the life of every institution when silence becomes betrayal when watching things fall apart quietly feels like a sin against one’s own conscience. For us myself and my colleagues our decision to go to court over the direction of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was not driven by ego, ambition, or factional loyalty. It was born out of conviction. We acted not to destroy, but to redeem; not to divide, but to heal. We love this party. We have lived its ideals, defended its legacy, and believed in its promise. We were there when the PDP was not just a political party but a national movement a unifying voice across tribes, faiths, and regions. But we have also watched, with great pain, how the light of that noble vision has dimmed under the weight of arrogance, impunity, and disregard for its own constitution. So, when the party decided to embark on a National Convention without resolving the unresolved the invalidated state an...
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Gov Otti at the Verge of Swallowing His Vomit as He Secretly Reaches Out to Presidency Over Defection Plans | #NwokeukwuMascot

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  News   Fresh indications have emerged that Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti , may be on the verge of defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC)  a move that contradicts his earlier public stance and anti-establishment rhetoric. According to reliable sources, the Governor has been making covert overtures to the Presidency in recent weeks, exploring possible terms for his defection to the ruling APC. The development comes amid mounting internal crises within the Labour Party (LP), which recently suspended Otti over allegations of highhandedness and unilateral decisions that have deepened divisions in the party. Political observers say the Governor has become increasingly jittery following the wave of high-profile defections to the APC across the Southeast, and the growing perception that the Labour Party is fast losing grip both in Abia and at the national level. Adding to the Governor’s unease is the weighty petition currently before the Economic and Financial Cr...
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INEC Confirms Receipt of PDP Letter Introducing Abdulrahman Mohammed as Acting National Chairman | #NwokeukwuMascot

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  News   The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially acknowledged the receipt of a letter from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) notifying the Commission of the appointment of Hon. Abdulrahman Mohammed as the Acting National Chairman of the party. The letter, dated November 1, 2025, was signed by the PDP National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu , and addressed to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN). It conveyed that the decision was reached during a meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) held on the same date. According to the correspondence, the NWC unanimously resolved to appoint Hon. Abdulrahman Mohammed, the PDP Vice Chairman (North Central), as Acting National Chairman following the suspension of Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum from office. The party explained that the decision was made in strict adherence to the provisions of the PDP Constitution . “The appointment of Hon. Abdulrahman Mohammed as Acting National C...
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DOCUMENT: Abia State Is Hemorrhaging Financially Through Deceit and Fraudulent Manipulations | #NwokeukwuMascot

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  Opinion   Abia State stands at a dangerous crossroads. While billions flow into its coffers every month, its citizens still wade through poverty, dilapidated roads, and abandoned public projects. Behind the glossy press releases and endless social media propaganda lies a painful truth: Abia is bleeding, not from lack of money, but from systemic deceit and institutional decay. The recently published Abia State Government ’s Third Quarter (Q3) 2025 Financial Report has once again exposed the administration’s growing pattern of deceit, manipulation, and deliberate distortion of financial data intended to mislead unsuspecting citizens and conceal the true state of the economy. For many Abians , the State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability, and Sustainability (SFTAS) framework remains one of the few credible instruments through which they can understand how their commonwealth is being managed. In a period when the cost of contracts, project expenditures, and fiscal decisions a...
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DOCUMENT: Abia’s Phantom Schools Scandal Deepens: ₦80 Billion Spent on Non-Existent Projects, EFCC Petition Looms | #NwokeukwuMascot

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  News   The financial integrity of the Abia State Government has once again come under scrutiny following fresh revelations that billions of naira were expended on phantom school projects that appear nowhere on the ground across the state. According to the recently published Abia State Government Project Financial Report for the third quarter of 2025, a staggering ₦12.8 billion was recorded as expenditure on the construction and rehabilitation of public schools. The report, which was duly signed by the Accountant General of the State, Mrs. Njum Onyemenam , was uploaded to the official Abia State website under the supervision of Governor Alex Otti ’s administration. However, this latest disclosure has triggered widespread outrage, as it comes barely months after earlier reports indicated that the state government had already spent ₦54 billion in the last quarters of 2024 and another ₦14 billion in the early quarter of 2025 on similar projects none of which have been phys...
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Abia State’s Vindictive Tax System: A Reply to Governor Alex Otti by Obinna Oriaku(documents) | #NwokeukwuMascot

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  Opinion   Paying taxes is a civic duty I have always taken seriously, not just because of my public profile, but also because I firmly believe one must practice what they preach. For clarity, all my tax clearance certificates during my time in office were processed through First Bank as i was still a staff of the bank, though seconded to Abia State Government from May 2015, until June 2019. Abia State Government never paid a kobo as salary throughout my four years as Commissioner of Finance . Consequently, my personal income tax could not have been processed through the state government’s Tax system. It is worth noting that the current Chairman of the Abia State Board of Internal Revenue ( Udo Ogbonna )once served under my supervision during the Ikpeazu administration . Many still recall the circumstances surrounding his resignation towards end of 2019, a matter I would prefer not to revisit unless absolutely necessary. Since leaving government in 2019, I have consistentl...
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