Otti Mourns Ikpeazu’s Mother
ABIA State Governor Dr Okezie Ikpeazu’s greatest challenger and most visible opponent in the state 2015 gubernatorial election, Dr Alex Otti, a candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has commiserated with the governor over the demise of the governor’s mother, Deaconess Bessie Ikpeazu, saying that her death has no doubt created a vacuum for the women who hitherto looked up to her for guidance and support.

 

Also while lamenting the last Sunday’s fire that gutted the
Also, Otti and his party have commiserated with the staff of the Radio Nigeria In Umuahia, Pacesetter 103.5 FM, over the last week’s fire that gutted the station.

APGA State Chairman, Mr Augustine Ehiemere, who led members of the party’s state executives and state working committee on a sympathy visit to the station thanked God that no life was lost in the inferno.
According to the party state Chairman “ this incident is unfortunate and regrettable. Hence, we call on the Federal Government and security agencies to carry out a thorough investigation into the fire in order to uncover the cause and forestall a recurrence.

“ The station has remained non-partisan in its operations, giving equal opportunities to all shades of opinion without prejudice.”

Otti, in his condolence letter to Ikpeazu, stated that the late Deaconess Ikpeazu, who died at on November 2 last year at the age of 87 years,  “lived a long and fruitful life and leaving behind a lot of legacies among which you and your siblings are eloquent testimony”.

The body of Ikpeazu’s mother was laid to rest yesterday. Otti urged Ikpeazu’s family members and entire Umuobiakwa community “ to take solace in the fact that as a practicing Christian, who held tenaciously to her faith in the Lord, she accomplished in no small measure, the very essence of man on earth. She no doubt lived an exemplary life, having touched lives of others around her positively and impacted on her immediate family”.