Nigeria, July 20 -- Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has denied opposing the creation of an additional state in the South-east.

In a statement on Sunday by his media aide, Ferdinand Ekeoma, Mr Otti said some persons circulated a post which gave a false impression of his recent comment on state creation in Nigeria.

The governor said the post falsely gave the impression that he opposed the creation of an additional state in the region.

Reacting in the Sunday statement, Mr Otti explained that his position is that the South-east, which has five states, unlike others, should be given one additional state to achieve regional balance, but not the creation of new states across all the regions.

"In his seminal works over the years, he had advo...