Abia forensic audit: How we spent N10bn airport fund – Ikpeazu

The immediate past governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has advised his successor, Dr Alex Otti, to focus on governance.

Ikpeazu, who spoke against the background of a report that his government awarded a N10 billion contract for the construction of an airport in Abia without doing same, insisted that Otti was on clout-chasing with the alleged forensic report he conducted on Abia finances.

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 Also speaking on the money, a former commissioner for information under Ikpeazu, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, asked Otti to stop playing to the gallery and tell Abians the truth with documents at his disposal. Okiyi-Kalu said the alleged N10 billion originally budgeted for the airport project was rechanneled into other projects, following the approval of the Executive Council, after traditional rulers in the state told Ikpeazu to shelve the airport project and focus on repairing major roads in the state.