A businessman, Steven Ukpabi, has bought a new Prado SUV for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for Abia State, Prof. Nnenna Oti.
The businessman, who hails from Ututu in the Arochukwu area of Abia State, said he bought the new SUV for the INEC Returning Officer for her “outstanding service” to the people of the state during the March 18 governorship election in the state.
Ukpabi, who made this known via a post on his Facebook page on Thursday, said the Prado SUV would be delivered to Oti immediately it arrives Nigeria in April 2023.
Sharing the picture of the jeep and the Returning Officer, who is Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), the businessman, wrote: “For your outstanding service to the people of Abia, I hereby request for this Prado to be delivered to Mrs Nnenna Nnennaya Oti immediately it arrives Nigeria next month.
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“Thank you for your service in Abia.”
The Star recalls that Oti, on Wednesday, March 22 declared the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Alex Otti, as the winner of the March 18 gubernatorial election in Abia State.
Otti was the Managing Director of the defunct Diamond Bank (acquired by Access Bank).
Oti declared that the Labour Party candidate polled 175,467 votes to defeat his closest rival, Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who garnered 88,529 votes.
Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP) came third with 28,972 votes.
The FUTO Vice-Chancellor declared Otti as the Governor-elect of Abia State upon the resumption of the final collation of the governorship election results after INEC suspended the exercise over an attack on its office.
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