Benue APC Campaign Council Rejects Akume-Led Coalition For Tinubu’s Re-Election

The Benue State All Progressives Congress, APC, Tinubu/Alia Campaign Council, has opposed the emergence of the Senator George Akume-led Strategic Alliance for Tinubu/Shettima Re-election 2027, alleging that the group is getting used as a platform to undermine Governor Hyacinth Alia’s political fortunes forward of the 2027 governorship election.

The celebration expressed concern over the involvement of some outstanding APC chieftains, together with Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, and Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Professor Joseph Utsev, within the alliance, which it claimed additionally accommodates opposition figures and governorship candidates.

The Director-General of the Tinubu/Alia 2027 Campaign Council in Benue State, Citizen Richard Asema, said the celebration’s place throughout a press briefing, insisting that the alliance was pointless and will create divisions throughout the APC whereas threatening its electoral prospects within the state.

Asema mentioned, “The Benue State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) views with serious concern the purported formation of the ‘Strategic Alliance For Tinubu/Shettima Re-election 2027’ by some political individuals and groups and the subsequent announcement of a Campaign Council for the re-election of our dear President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“The Party observes that this ‘Strategic Alliance’ is populated by some members of the APC, some of whom are holding senior positions in the Federal Government of Nigeria, including Senator George Akume, Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) and Prof Joseph Utsev, Hon. Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation.

“A critical look at the membership of this so-called Campaign Council reveals that governorship candidates of other political parties, especially the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP), as well as officers of some other minority parties, are members of the Group and its ‘Campaign Council’.

“The APC in Benue State under the leadership of Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia and the Chairmanship of Benjamin Omale, wishes to strongly reject this purported Strategic Alliance and its Campaign Council.

“This Council, to say the least, is contemptuous and injurious to the fortunes of APC and its electioneering machinery in the state as being coordinated by His Excellency, Rev Fr Dr Hyacinth Alia.

“From all credible intelligence available to the party, this Strategic Alliance has a hidden agenda, which is to sabotage the election of Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia in the 2027 elections, while masquerading as supporters of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”

He mentioned the APC in Benue State not too long ago constituted a complete Campaign Council with over 900 loyal and credible celebration leaders as members. He added that the majority members of the so-called Strategic Alliance had been appointed into the Council, which was publicly inaugurated on Thursday, fifth November on the IBB Square, Makurdi.

“Soon after the Council membership was announced, these same persons hastily declared that they won’t participate in the activities of the Council.

“It is regrettable that some APC members have fallen prey to this political gimmick by allowing themselves to be used for this act of political mischief.

“We wish to state unequivocally that Benue State is fundamentally and evidentially a strong base of the APC. The party is well grounded, popular and loved by the people of Benue State. By God’s grace, APC will win the 2027 elections decisively with a higher margin of votes than it did in 2023.”

He famous that within the 2023 elections, the celebration not solely gained the governorship seat but additionally delivered President Bola Tinubu and secured two of the three senatorial seats, stressing that as we speak, it controls 27 of 32 State Assembly seats, 10 of 11 House of Representatives seats, 23 Local Government Chairmanship positions and all 276 elected councillorship seats throughout the state.

The Director-General insisted that Governor Alia’s achievements in infrastructure, industrial improvement, job creation and training, together with the employment of 9,700 academics, had additional boosted his recognition.

“His prompt payment of salaries and pensions, alongside the clearance of outstanding arrears, has also strengthened public confidence in his administration.

“APC doesn’t need any alliance to win the 2027 elections and hereby warns against any attempt to confuse the teeming members of the party and the good people of Benue State, who are already poised to vote for the party at the forthcoming elections.

“From the foregoing, we advise APC members in the Strategic Alliance to disengage forthwith, retrace their steps and regroup with the mainstream leadership of the Party under Governor Hyacinth Alia.”

The Campaign Council vowed to ship victory for President Tinubu and Governor Alia within the forthcoming polls.

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