Nigeria, March 30 -- The Abia State Government has reacted to an allegation by the governor-elect of the state, Alex Otti, that the state government was engaged in employment racketeering.

Mr Otti, who won the 18 March governorship election in the state, had in a statement issued by his media aide, Ferdinand Ekeoma, alleged that some agents of the government and civil servants in the state were engaging in late-hour employment racketeering.

The governor-elect is expected to be sworn in as the governor of the state on 29 May when the tenure of the incumbent governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, will come to an end.

But reacting in a statement on Wednesday, the spokesperson to Mr Ikpeazu, Onyebuchi Ememanka, denied the allegation.

Mr Ememanka said ...