President Bola Tinubu's aide, Olusegun Dada, has welcomed the Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, amid talks that he's going to be expelled from the Labour Party (LP).

This was after the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, slammed Otti for saying he and others have taken back control of the party from him.

Abure made the remarks during an emergency meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee at the Labour Party secretariat in Abuja.

Otti made the remark during appearance on Arise Television’s Morning Show where he accused Abure of “masturbating” over claims that he was still in charge.

Otti had said, “This is a democracy, and sometimes you must stand for something. I can’t say I wouldn’t leave the Labour Party; what if the party is non-existent tomorrow?

“The party that brought me to power is Labour. Okay. Today we have fought and retrieved the Labour Party. I will send you the Supreme Court judgment, and when you finish reading it, you will know that Abure is just masturbating.”

In response, Abure reminded Otti that his leadership of the party made him governor today

He said, “It is only appropriate at this point to respond to him so he doesn’t think he is the only one who can speak. As mature leaders of this party who believe in the development of this country, we made them.

“Without sounding immodest, we made Governor Alex Otti. We supported him, made sacrifices, rejected bribes and offers, just so he could become the governor he is today. Yet today, he goes on national television to misinform the public about the Supreme Court judgment.

“My major concern was his foul language, saying he was laughing at us for holding on to the party leadership and ‘masturbating’ over it. Dwarfy and Lilliputian men were once considered men of great ideas. But Alex
Otti is not only dwarfy in appearance—he is dwarfy in knowledge.”

The exchange between both politicians comes amid speculation that Otti may be swept away into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Reacting to the exchange, Tinubu's aide shared on X, "Welcome back home Governor Otti."

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