Benue: CSO, Others Seek Tinubu, APC’s Intervention In Rift Between Alia, Akume

Some civil society organisations (CSOs) and minority opposition parties in Benue State have asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to intervene in the lingering political crisis within the party in the state.
Recall that Senator George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, and Governor Hyacinth Iornem Alia have been locked in a protracted political dispute since 2023, bordering on the control of the state party structure and loyalty, with supporters divided into two opposing camps.
Addressing a press conference at Top Rank Hotel, Utako, Abuja, on Wednesday, the coalition alleged that Akume and other APC chieft...