Nigerian Concord Newspaper
Nigerian Concord Newspaper can authoritatively report plans by some Benue All Progressive Congress stakeholders to disrupt the forthcoming Saturday’s local government elections in the state.
Recall that the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission, BSIEC had fixed this Saturday, October 5, 2024 for the conduct of local government elections across the twenty local government areas of the state.
According to investigation by this newspaper within BSIEC, loyalists to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume have mobilized militants from the neighbouring Nasarawa and Taraba states for the purpose of causing crisis in Benue state during the election.
Information has it that the Benue APC stakeholders led by Senator Titus Zam have made available funds to mobilize the Labour Party and the Social Democratic Party against all the candidates of the ruling party im the election.
This newspaper gathered that their latest action wasn’t unconnected to the refusal of the Alhaji Ganduje-led National Working Committee to hand over the structure of the party to Senator George Akume.
Also recall the MWC had recently sacked the Benue APC executives committee and constituted a Caretaker Committee led by Benjamin Omale. The sacked state executive committee was led by Comrade Austin Agada, a political godson of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation
Insiders from BSIEC confirmed to this newspaper that over twenty thousand thugs had been brought into Makurdi by Senator Akume’s loyalists. “They are being kept in various hotels and they will be distributed across the twenty three local governments on Friday. Their job is to disrupt the election and make it unpopular in case they cannot cause it not to hold” a security source said.
It was also gathered that election materials are to be hijacked from BSIEC Adhoc staffs by the hoodlums.
When contacted, head of the disbanded State Executive Committee, Comrade Austin Agada told this newspaper that his faction was preparing for the election.
He however said he hasn’t heard about any plans to disrupt the process.
However, Senator Titus Zam, when called for inquiries didn’t pick his call and also didn’t reply to messages sent to his mobile phone with number 08036153269.