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Gov Otti orders closure of Tinubu’s campaign office in Abia
The Abia State Government has closed a campaign office in Umuahia belonging to President Bola Tinubu’s support group known as the Renewed Hope Partners.
The office, located in the state capital, was sealed by government officials on Tuesday.
The Renewed Hope Partners is the political structure set up to promote President Tinubu’s agenda across the South-East.
It is being championed by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, who has been mobilising support for the President in the region.
An official of the RHP, who declined to have his name in print, told Vanguard that he resumed work only to find the office sealed without warning.
Information pasted on the walls at the entrance to the office located at Ojike Street, Umuahia, by the Ministry of Lands and Housing stated that the property is in contravention of the state’s tax law.
It read: “Ministry of Lands and Housing. This property is in contravention of Sections 41 and 100 of the Abia State Tax Law (Codification and Consolidation), Law No. 7 of 2020. And it’s here by sealed.
“Any person, including the owner/ occupier, neighbour(s) or passer(s) by,who attempts to unseal this building is in contravention of the Abia state tax law No.7 of 2020. Be warned. Keep off.”
Efforts to obtain more information from the phone numbers listed on the document posted by the Ministry of Lands and Housing were unsuccessful, as they were unavailable at the time of filing this report.
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