The Special Adviser to Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma, has dismissed the allegation that his principal sponsored fake news against his predecessor, Okezie Ikpeazu. Naija News learnt that reports online had claimed that Ikpeazu was sentenced to death by hanging by an Abia State High Court, for allegedly stealing ₦1 trillion during his tenure. The reports also claimed that the money was found in Ikpeazu’s secret foreign account. He said, “This is not news, it is laughable.”Also reacting to the report, former Commissioner for Information in Abia State, John Okiyi Kalu, described it as hate speech and urged the DSS to fish out those behind it. “What would Governor Otti stand to gain from such a rubbish report?”© 2025 Naija News, a division of Polance Media Inc.