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| Hyacinth Alia. |
there are indications that a reverend father with the Catholic Church Diocese of Gboko, Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, has defeated his closest contender, Barnabas Gemade and others, to clinch the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket in the state.
Alia,
who was suspended by the church after his declaration of interest to run for
the post in the 2023 general elections, contested against the former
Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mike Aondoakaa, and the former
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Barnabas Gemade.
Alia
was relieved of his priestly duties temporarily on the grounds of the canon
laws of the Catholic Church and in turn, pulled polled over 7,000 votes,
representing the highest number of votes cast at the primary election on Friday
to win the party’s ticket.
Recall
that the APC in Benue opted for direct primary to pick its governorship
candidate, which meant that members of the party in the state voted for their
preferred aspirant.
Alia’s
opponents, Gemade and Aondoakaa, reportedly did not get any votes from
delegates in some of the local government areas.
The
suspended priest when he declared to run for the post had said he joined the
governorship race to rescue Benue people from the “shackles of maladministration.”
“From
the day I took the decision to answer the overwhelming calls of my people to
contest the governorship of Benue with the aim to rescue our people from the
shackles of maladministration, I was fully aware of the sacrifice I was going
to make.”
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