Israel Arogbonlo
The Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Professor Nnenna Oti has said she was offered money and threatened to compromise the Abia governorship election but refused.
She disclosed this at her triumphant entry to the school on Tuesday.
Prof. Oti was given a hero’s welcome back to the institution by staff and students.
The staff and students of Federal University of Technology, FUTO, Owerri, on Tuesday gave Professor Nnenna Oti a hero’s welcome back to the institution.
In a video clip obtained by TRIBUNE ONLINE, people were seen dancing and chanting songs with a banner with the inscription “Welcome back Nnenna Oti, Heroine of Nigeria Democracy.”
Addressing journalists during the hero’s welcome, Oti said; “As an electoral officer, I have never in my life participated in any election but duty came calling.
“I made my enquiries from Abuja and I said ‘If I perish, I perish’…
“They (names withheld) came with their threats, money, and intimidation but I stood my ground.
“I didn’t start today. I stand here before God and Jesus Christ, I have never defrauded anyone.
“I said under me, votes must count”.
In the results declared by the INEC, Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) defeated his opponents Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP) with 175, 467 votes to emerge the winner.
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