Fresh crisis looms in Benue APC as Gov Alia rejects Akume’s automatic ticket proposal

A renewed situation appears to beryllium brewing wrong the All Progressives Congress (APC) successful Benue State, arsenic the fragile reconciliation betwixt Governor Hyacinth Alia and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, shows signs of breaking down.

Despite a high-level bid gathering held connected Sunday, deep-seated disagreements persist, peculiarly implicit the contentious contented of automatic tickets for elected officials up of the adjacent predetermination cycle.

The situation betwixt Alia and Akume dates backmost to the aftermath of the 2023 wide elections, erstwhile some leaders fell retired implicit power of the enactment operation and governmental appointments successful the state.

What began arsenic a quiescent disagreement soon escalated into a full-blown intra-party conflict, polarising the APC successful Benue into 2 rival factions.

One faction, led by Austin Agada, remained loyal to Akume, portion different group, nether the enactment of then-state president Ben Omakolo, aligned with Governor Alia.

Tensions reached a boiling constituent successful March 2026, erstwhile some factions conducted parallel congresses, each producing abstracted sets of enactment executives.

The Ali...