The governor of Abia state, Alex Otti, has insisted that he is not bothered about what he described as the noise being made by members of the opposition party in the State.
Otti made this remarks while receiving a delegation of the member representing Bende North State Constituency, Hon. Nnamdi Ibekwe, who recently dumped the PDP and joined the ruling Labour Party.
The Governor explained that some of the opposition members who make noise about coming to contest elections do not actually mean to run in elections but seek either recognition, negotiation or projection,and should not be taken seriously.
He said; “We are not bothered about the opposition and their noise. There are different reasons why people show up for elections. Sometimes, they just want recognition; that their names showed up for the primaries, knowing fully well that they will not win the election.
“Some of them also come for negotiations and then of course, some others also show up for projections; they look at themselves and say, ‘if I start the noise in 2025, maybe by 2040, they will know that I have been in the race and they will call me and recognize me’, so they are projecting themselves.”