Abia <\/a>State government has dismissed fresh news reports claiming that Governor Alex <\/a>Otti has defected from the Labour Party and joined the All Progressive Congress, APC.<\/p>\n Some persons from Abia <\/a>State had last week, uploaded a picture of Governor Otti where he visited Governor Peter Mbah, a few days before Mbah\u2019s defection to the APC.<\/p>\n According to them, the visit was part of Governor Otti\u2019s alleged approach to smoothen his entrance into the ruling national party.<\/p>\n However, the Abia <\/a>State government, on Monday, through the Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, described the news about Otti\u2019s defection as a fabrication by political propagandists.<\/p>\n \u201cGovernor Alex <\/a>Otti remains a committed and proud member of the Labour Party, the platform under which the good people of Abia <\/a>overwhelmingly elected him to serve.<\/p>\n \u201cHis focus remains unshaken, to rebuild Abia, restore accountability, and deliver the dividends of democracy to every citizen of the State\u201d, the Commissioner said.<\/p>\n He advised the public to disregard the report and treat it as another cheap propaganda.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n