Abia State Governor Alex Otti has provided clarification over the sealing of the Renewed Hope Agenda office located on Ojike Street in the state capital of Umuahia.
In a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Ukoha Ukoha, the governor said that the decision was not politically motivated, despite what opposition members had misinterpreted.
According to Otti, the state’s Harmonized Task Force carried out the sealing as part of a general enforcement of court orders.
However, he said that after Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, brought the issue to his attention, he had ordered the property to be opened.
He warns against attributing motivations to the harmonized taskforce’s actions, claiming that the activity has no political overtones.
“The unsealing was quickly carried out as the building’s documentation was being regularized.
The statement stated, “This enforcement was part of a general exercise targeting properties in default of statutory obligations; it was not politically motivated.”
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It further stated that demand notices asking for evidence of compliance with ground rent and other relevant costs were not answered by the property’s owner.
