{"id":166763,"date":"2025-06-13T21:57:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T20:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-risks-for-ottis-seat-warns-union-leader"},"modified":"2025-06-13T23:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T22:11:57","slug":"2027-risks-for-ottis-seat-warns-union-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-risks-for-ottis-seat-warns-union-leader","title":{"rendered":"2027 Risks for Otti&#8217;s Seat Warns Union Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The President of Cooperative Motor Union, Abia State, Mr. Chukwuma Azode has warned that any politician who decides to contest the governorship election against Governor Alex Otti in 2027 would be taking a \u201cvery big risk\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke on Thursday during a \u201cTwo-Million Man March\u201d organised by various transport unions in Abia State in solidarity with road infrastructural development by Otti\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>According to the motor union leader, with the achievements of Governor Otti, no sensible politician in Abia should contest governorship election against him.<\/p>\n<p>While claiming that the seat of power is already occupied by Otti from now till 2031, Azode said politicians who are interested in contesting the 2027 governorship election should jettison such ambition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom what we are seeing, I don\u2019t think any sensible person should involve himself in anything concerning elections, because from what we are seeing, His Excellency is supposed to enjoy his eight years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, for now, any opposition that is coming out is taking a big risk because we Abians are in support of His Excellency, Dr Alex Otti for now, and no other person. And all the motor union in Abia State are also endorsing His Excellency for 2027. That\u2019s part of our gathering here today,\u201d Azode said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that people from different political backgrounds participated in the million man march.<\/p>\n<p>Also speaking, Chairman of Abia State Tricycle Operators Union, ASTOPU, Victor Azubuike, said Aba transporters are the biggest beneficiaries of Otti\u2019s road projects across the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The President of Cooperative Motor Union, Abia State, Mr. Chukwuma Azode has warned that any politician who decides to contest the governorship election against Governor Alex Otti in 2027 would be taking a \u201cvery big risk\u201d. He spoke on Thursday during a \u201cTwo-Million Man March\u201d organised by various transport unions in Abia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":166761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[13554,1208,254,9936],"class_list":["post-166763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-13554","tag-abia","tag-nigeria","tag-otti"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2027 Risks for Otti&#039;s Seat Warns Union Leader - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The President of Cooperative Motor Union, Abia State, Mr. Chukwuma Azode has warned that any politician who decides to c ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-risks-for-ottis-seat-warns-union-leader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2027 Risks for Otti&#039;s Seat Warns Union Leader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The President of Cooperative Motor Union, Abia State, Mr. Chukwuma Azode has warned that any politician who decides to c ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-risks-for-ottis-seat-warns-union-leader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-13T20:57:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-13T22:11:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749840174.948472.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-risks-for-ottis-seat-warns-union-leader#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-risks-for-ottis-seat-warns-union-leader\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2027 Risks for Otti&#8217;s Seat Warns Union Leader\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-13T20:57:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-13T22:11:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-risks-for-ottis-seat-warns-union-leader\"},\"wordCount\":266,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-risks-for-ottis-seat-warns-union-leader#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749840174.948472.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2027\",\"Abia\",\"Nigeria\",\"otti\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-risks-for-ottis-seat-warns-union-leader#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-risks-for-ottis-seat-warns-union-leader\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-risks-for-ottis-seat-warns-union-leader\",\"name\":\"2027 Risks for Otti's Seat Warns Union Leader - 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