According to the group, they were hired to
embark on the protest, Vanguard reports.
This revelation was made by the group
following their sponsors’ inability to fulfil the
agreement reached before the protest.
One of the members of the group told
newsmen in Lagos: “We were individually
invited to protest against Alex Otti’s Appeal
Court victory. They agreed to pay each of us
the sum of Two thousand naira after.
Group reveals how they were sponsored to
protest against Abia state governor-elect Alex
Otti
“After much argument, they agreed to our
terms. When we were about ending, a
government vehicle got to the place with a
plated number ABGH30. Later, the vehicle
tried escaping with the two men that
contracted us, but we refused. Seeing how
serious we were, they attacked us and we
retaliated back.”
However, reacting to the report, the Abia
North senatorial candidate of the All
Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) David
Onuoha condemned the involvement of the
youths, while advising that they should not
allow themselves to be used by overzealous
politicians.
Delivering judgment in an appeal filed by
Alex Otti, the appeal court sitting in Owerri,
the Imo state capital and constituted of five-
member panel, headed by Justice Oyebisi
Omoleye nullified the election of Governor
Okezie Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP)
According to the Appeal court, Alex Otti
scored 164,444 valid votes to defeat Governor
Okezie Ikpeazu who scored 114,444 votes.
The court declared that Otti was the winner
of the April 11 and April 25 supplementary
elections in Abia.
Justice Omoleye said the cancellation of the
elections held in three LGAs of Obingwa,
Osisioma Ngwa and Isiala Ngwa by the
returning officers after the results were
uploaded to INEC was wrong.
The appellate court maintained that the
lower tribunal erred by not handling all the
issues raised before it on their merit.
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