The
fight has also led to the vandalism of the state party secretariat.
Two
chairmen have emerged in the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Benue State
chapter, as the suspended state Welfare Secretary, Benjamin Omakolo, declared
himself the acting state chairman, following the suspension of the state
chairman, Austin Agada, some officials of his Owukpa Ehaje ward one.
The
fight has also led to the vandalism of the state party secretariat, as the APC
state Director for Medical and Information Communication Technology, Martinez
Tyotsumeh, accused the state government of leading policemen and soldiers to
destroy cars, office equipment, laptops, phones and carting away money meant
for party agents deployed for the Guma One state constituency bye-election.
However,
the suspension of the state welfare secretary, who is now said to be the state
acting chairman, has been dismissed by his Igoro ward officials who accused the
state working committee and the Apa Local Government Area chairman of the party
of forging their signatures to effect the alleged suspension.
When
journalists caught up with the party officials at the APC secretariat, the
party deny suspending the welfare secretary because of the plot to make him
acting chairman by the group loyal to Governor Hyacinth Alia.
Omakolo
said his suspension is illegal and a trumped up plot by the Austin Agada-led
state working committee to stop him from becoming acting chairman, just as the
Igoro ward officials from his native Apa Local Government Area denied ever
suspending him as the welfare secretary.
The
physical battle for the soul of the APC between loyalist of the governor and
those of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, took
a violent turn on February 1, 2024 when officials of the state government led
policemen and soldiers to attacks journalists and officials at a media
briefing.
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