Senator Titus Zam, federal lawmaker representing Benue North West, has lamented that the All Progressives Congress, APC, lost its peace since Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia became governor of the state.
The lawmaker, who spoke on behalf of the National Assembly members from the APC in Benue during the party’s stakeholder meeting in Makurdi, regretted that their party is now under siege.
The stakeholders had met at the Makurdi residence of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator George Akume over the lingering leadership crisis rocking the state chapter of the ruling party.
DAILY POST reports that Governor Alia and Akume, a former governor of the state, have been in a face-off over the control of the party’s structure in the state.
The APC stakeholders had, during the meeting, resolved to withhold support from Governor Alia until he recognizes Akume as leader of the party in Benue.
Speaking at the meeting, Titus Zam lamented that despite the efforts of the stakeholders to ensure that the governor emerged winner of the March 2023 gubernatorial polls, Alia has decided to abandon them.
He said, “Our party is under siege by the governor of Benue State. He is new in politics. The party was generous enough to give him the ticket against those long in the party before him. By God’s grace and with the support of all of us, he became governor. Since he became governor, the APC has had no peace.
“We are doing everything possible to ensure stability and peace to return to our party in Benue. It’s unfortunate that we had an embarrassing situation on Friday when our chairman, Agada, was stoned on his way to his office. PDP held a meeting on Monday, and nobody stopped them.
“We all spread out in the state to help him win on the day of the election. We will seek the intervention of the national secretariat of our party to ensure that Alia returns home”.