Kwankwaso’s visit to Otti fuels talk of potential alliance with Labour Party faction

Governor Alex Otti this weekend hosted Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).

The visit of Kwankwaso to the Abia state governor has sparked speculations of political alliance with the Labour Party faction.

The Labour Party is currently divided into two factions after Governor Otti led some chieftains of the party to dislodge the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee of the party a few weeks ago.

The crisis rocking LP at the state and national levels was attributed to the defeat LP suffered in the just-concluded local government elections across the 17 local government areas of Abia,

Kwankwaso said that he was in the state to commiserate with Otti over the demise of the late Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, the first civilian Abia Governor who was buried at the weekend in his state.

He congratulated Otti on his emergence as the Governor of Abia State and appreciated the achievements of the state chief executive in Abia.

“For the little time I am here I had the opportunity of talking to a few people who confirmed to me that you are doing very well, in fact very well. We have seen your projects everywhere,” Kwankwaso noted.

Otti thanked Kwankwaso for visiting the state, saying his guidance and patriotism were highly appreciated.