*After ‘kangaroo’ court ruling
Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, has urged Abians not to panic over his purported sack by a Federal High Court in Kano, saying there is no cause for alarm over the kangaroo judgment.
Otti reportedly said arrangements for his inauguration on May 29 are on course, declaring that the antics of the enemies of democracy cannot truncate the will of Abians.
Meanwhile, the Labour Party has dismissed the court ruling as a waste of time.
Its Chairman in Abia State, Hon. Ceekay Igara, said the court’s “pronouncement is laughable”.
According to him, the decision of the court would have no significance in the coming inauguration of the governor-elect.
Igara added that only the election petition tribunal is powered to sack a democratically elected person.
He said: “That court pronouncement is laughable. Everybody should go about their normal activities. It is only the tribunal that can remove Alex Otti.
“It is not just a court that will remove someone who was duly elected. In fact, I am going to gear up activities for the inauguration.”