We Won’t Celebrate Thieves or Drug Barons Again — Otti

Abia State Governor Alex Otti said at the 90th birthday celebration of Emeritus Professor Benson Oluikpe in Umuahia that his administration is replacing the celebration of thieves, fraudsters and drug barons with recognition of people of integrity and achievement. He argued that outstanding people should be honoured while alive and cited five Abia schoolchildren who won an international competition in Qatar. Otti recalled that in 1989 his father asked him to account for the 100 naira he had sent home, and urged parents to hold their children accountable. Oluikpe thanked the governor and praised his humility, which he said he had observed since they first met in 2013.