APC primaries: Onjeh, Ottah, Alapa, others battle for senatorial ticket in Benue South

The contention for the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial summons successful Benue South has go aggravated up of the party’s superior predetermination taking place, arsenic starring aspirants proceed to lobby members and mobilise enactment crossed the district. 

Leading the contention are erstwhile APC senatorial candidate, Daniel Onjeh, erstwhile House of Representatives member, Francis Ottah Agbo; erstwhile lawmaker, Nelson Alapa; Joe Ojobo; Patrick Ojechema Idoko; and Oloche Agidani, each vying to look arsenic the party’s campaigner for the 2027 wide election.

DAILY POST gathered that the contest, which has generated hostility wrong the APC successful Benue South, is besides exposing increasing cracks among stakeholders, enactment loyalists and influential governmental interests up of the 2027 wide elections.

Benue South Senatorial District, mostly dominated by the Idoma Igede taste nationalities, remains 1 of the astir politically delicate zones successful the state.

The APC is seeking a beardown campaigner susceptible of challenging the incumbent senator, Senator Abba M...