Nigerian Concord Newspaper
The governor of Benue state, Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia yesterday received the insults of his life as APC stakeholders who are loyal to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume berated him for fighting the former governor and the party.
Speaking at a decamping ceremony in Gboko which was personally attended by Senator Akume yesterday, the leader of the Benue APC National Assembly Caucus, Dr. Titus Zam said Governor Alia and his cabinet members who failed to attend the ceremony without any justifiable reason are dead in their heads.
Recall that Alia shunned the mega decamping as a result of the ongoing internal crisis between him and the leadership of the All Progressive Congress.
According to Zam, the people fighting the SGF will not go unpunished even though they are pretending that there is no problem in the state. He added that the Benue APC National Assembly Caucus will not allow the governor to destroy the party which he said Akume singlehandedly built.
His words: “Nobody will fight Akume and go unpunished, you can see that, those that fight Akume are on the streets in Benue, if not our leader, Sen. Akume I wouldn’t have been wearing agbeda at senate. Minda are for Akume yesterday, today and tomorrow.
“Yes they are pretending that there is no problem but God is watching and people are seeing. Our leader, Senator Akume single handedly built this party, we will never allow anybody to destroy the party, we the APC national assembly caucus are for Akume and will stand by him”
In his own speech, the state Chairman of the party, Austin Agada said it is a taboo for Alia and his people to disrespect Senator Akume whom he described as Benue hero and leader.
Agada pressed further that any attempt by Alia to insult Akume will be resisted by the stakeholders of the party in Benue state.
Also speaking at the decamping ceremony, former Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Mike Aondoakaa SAN said: “Fighting Senator George Akume is fighting God. Those that fight Akume will remain on the streets because, Akume’s leadership is ordained by God. Wth Jemgbagh blood, iam too wise to work against God’s ordained leader like Akume. Despite their pressure on me to betray or fight Akume but I stood my ground and resisted it, Iam educated and too wise to fight God”