APC Raises Alarm, As Abia State Government Seals Up Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Partners Office in Umuahia

By Newsspot On Nov 25, 2025

The Abia State Government on Tuesday sealed the office of the Renewed Hope Partners in Umuahia, sparking political tension and raising questions about the motive behind the action.

According to insider information, a source within Government House, Umuahia who spoke on condition of anonymity revealed that the directive allegedly came from “above”, as part of a calculated move to get back at President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his refusal to visit Abia State to commission projects executed by the state government.

Despite several invitations and efforts to lure the President to Abia, the source said the attempts were rebuffed, leading to growing resentment within the Otti’s government.

The source further alleged that Governor Alex Otti, having reportedly faced repeated frustration in his attempts to formally join the APC, has now chosen to align with forces opposed to President Tinubu’s 2027 reelection bid. Sealing the Renewed Hope Partners office, he claimed, is one of the strategies being deployed to undermine the President’s influence and restrict APC activities in Abia State ahead of the 2027 elections.

As an alibi, the Otti government cited non-payment of taxes as the reason for sealing the Renewed Hope Partners office despite the fact that no formal process was initiated, no notification or demand notice, was issued. The government without any prior official correspondence used the courts to effect the clampdown.

It is becoming worrisome ahead of the coming political season as this pattern has become a recurring strategy in Abia State to ensure the APC is unable to hold political events in public facilities unless in their homes.

Recently, Abia Hotels in Umuahia was sealed by the state government despite a subsisting 25-year lease agreement on the property, the reason being that the hotel premises were used as the venue for the Renewed Hope Partners rally organized by the APC. Observers point to this as further evidence of a deliberate attempt to stifle opposition activity on the state.

Also recently the state government allegedly deployed armed thugs to disrupt Renewed Hope Partners rallies in Obingwa and Osisioma LGA,s, heightening concerns about a coordinated clampdown on opposition particularly the APC as the 2027 election season approaches.

He also added that because of the threats by the APC to take over the state in 2027 even stricter measures may soon be taken against the APC, which has increasingly become the major opposition force to the Alex Otti-led administration.