Such Honour Is Embarrassing – APC Slams Otti For Naming Bus Terminal After INEC Officer

Published May 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM

The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated Governor Alex Otti over his move to name the Umuahia Central Bus Terminal after Professor Nnenna Oti.

Naija News understands that Otti had named the bus terminal after Oti, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for Abia State during the 2023 elections.

Reacting in a statement on Thursday, the Abia APC described the development as dangerous, arguing that it could send the wrong message to future electoral officers posted to Abia State for the 2027 elections.

In the statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Uche Aguoru, the party argued that the governor ought to have named the Bus terminal after notable Abia personalities.

The party said, “We therefore ask, when did favourable electoral outcomes begin to attract rewards and state-sponsored recognition?

“The APC therefore rejects and condemns in totality the naming of the Umuahia Central Bus Terminal or any public monument whatsoever after Professor Nnenna Oti.

“Such honour is undeserved, provocative, divisive and embarrassing to the people of Abia State.” 

The party also claimed that it was wrong to immortalise an electoral officer instead of those it described as proven builders of the state

APC concluded the statement by calling on Governor Alex Otti to consider reversing the naming of the project after Professor Oti.