The Governor of Abia State, His Excellency, Dr. Alex Otti, has ordered the immediate freezing of all accounts of the Abia State Government and those of its agencies domiciled in every bank and financial institution across the State and the Federation.
The Governor in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma made available to ABN TV, said all banks and other financial institutions in the country are by the notice directed to immediately seize from honouring any cheque, document, instrument or directive of any kind not expressly approved by or emanating from him.
The statement added, “Similarly, Governor Otti has directed the immediate dissolution of all boards of the Abia State Government agencies and parastatals and subsequently ordered the chief executives of these organisations to hand over to those next in line to them.”
