Senator Titus Zam, federal lawmaker representing Benue North West, has lamented that the All Progressives Congress, APC, misplaced its peace since Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia turned governor of the state.
The lawmaker, who spoke on behalf of the Nationwide Meeting members from the APC in Benue throughout the get together’s stakeholder assembly in Makurdi, regretted that their get together is now beneath siege.
The stakeholders had met on the Makurdi residence of the Secretary to the Authorities of the Federation, SGF, Senator George Akume over the lingering management disaster rocking the state chapter of the ruling get together.
reporter reviews that Governor Alia and Akume, a former governor of the state, have been in a face-off over the management of the get together’s construction within the state.
The APC stakeholders had, throughout the assembly, resolved to withhold help from Governor Alia till he acknowledges Akume as chief of the get together in Benue.
Talking on the assembly, Titus Zam lamented that regardless of the efforts of the stakeholders to make sure that the governor emerged winner of the March 2023 gubernatorial polls, Alia has determined to desert them.
He stated, “Our get together is beneath siege by the governor of Benue State. He’s new in politics. The get together was beneficiant sufficient to provide him the ticket in opposition to these lengthy within the get together earlier than him. By God’s grace and with the help of all of us, he turned governor. Since he turned governor, the APC has had no peace.
“We’re doing the whole lot attainable to make sure stability and peace to return to our get together in Benue. It’s unlucky that we had an embarrassing state of affairs on Friday when our chairman, Agada, was stoned on his option to his workplace. PDP held a gathering on Monday, and no person stopped them.
“All of us unfold out within the state to assist him win on the day of the election. We are going to search the intervention of the nationwide secretariat of our get together to make sure that Alia returns residence”.
