Indeed, it was the same tumultuous and spontaneous expression of joy, celebration and support that greeted the declaration of the governor-elect, Dr. Alex Otti by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC , as winner of the 2023 governorship election in Abia state, that repeated itself , Monday 29th May, 2023 at his inauguration and swearing-in as the executive governor of the state.
Notably, the out-gone and immediate past governor of the state, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu was conspicuously absent at the Umuahia Township Stadium, venue of the occasion to witness what could be described as the “mother of all Inauguration ceremonies of governors” in Abia ,since the beginning of the democratic experiment in Abia.
