Benue APC: A party at war with self

From Godwin Tsa , Abuja
As Governor Hyacinth Alia heads towards a re-election bid, the real contest may be happening inside his own party. Seven months from Benue State’s 2027 governorship election, the defining fact of the race isn’t a rising opposition candidate or a groundswell against the incumbent. It’s a ruling party that cannot stop in-fighting.
Governor Hyacinth Iormem Alia enters the contest with what should be an unassailable position: a certified APC governorship ticket, control of the state’s party apparatus and a development record his camp is prepared to defend on its merits. Yet the story of Benue politics in 2026 has not been about Alia’s standing with voters. It has ...