Don’t Intimidate Opposition, Allow Them Campaign – Otti Tells Supporters

Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has cautioned Labour Party supporters towards intimidating opposition events or disrupting their campaigns forward of the 2027 basic elections.

Otti mentioned his supporters had no authorisation to assault opposition events or forestall their members from organising political actions and mobilising assist throughout the state.

The governor gave the warning whereas addressing his supporters on Monday, stressing that political affiliation mustn’t decide the rights of residents to take part in marketing campaign actions.

“You have no mandate from me to attack opposition parties who are doing their respective political activities,” he declared.

He directed safety businesses to arrest and deal decisively with anybody trying to disrupt lawful political gatherings, together with members of the Labour Party.

The warning comes as political events intensify preparations, consultations and mobilisation forward of the 2027 basic elections.

Across a number of states, opposition events have reported incidents of assaults, intimidation and disruptions throughout their political actions.

In Delta State, members of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) had been reportedly attacked by suspected hoodlums throughout a One Million Man March in Asaba on November 7, 2026, leaving a number of members injured and marketing campaign autos broken.

In Benue State, the convoy of NDC presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was reportedly blocked by youths in Makurdi throughout a go to to Yelwata in September.

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) additionally reported an assault on its supporters throughout a solidarity stroll in Kaduna State.

Enugu State has equally witnessed reported disruptions of opposition political actions, together with an incident involving an NDC ward assembly and one other involving a PDP rally.

Other states recognized within the ADC’s account of alleged political assaults and intimidation between July 2025 and September 2026 embrace Kebbi, Ekiti, Cross River, Rivers, Edo, Osun and Kogi.

Otti’s warning locations emphasis on the necessity for political events in Abia to conduct their campaigns with out intimidation, obstruction or violence.

He maintained that supporters of various political events have to be allowed to organise rallies, conferences and different lawful marketing campaign actions with out interference, no matter their political affiliations.