A Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, Garus Gololo, has asked President Bola Tinubu, to prevail on the Secretary to Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator George Akume, to call his political loyalists to order over Benue State politics.
Our correspondent reports that the National Assembly caucus from Benue State under the platform of APC, had penultimate week accused the state governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia of running the State government like a parish.
The NASS caucus members believed to be Akume’s loyalists also accused governor Alia of marginalising APC members and acting “dictatorial” in the running of the affairs of the state.
The leader of the caucus and Senator representing Benue North-West, Senator Titus Zam had at a press conference said governor Alia’s tendencies could cost the party a defeat in subsequent elections in the State.
Senator Zam added that the matter had been reported severally to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, who has been mediating to see that things were normalised.
However, addressing a press conference in Kaduna on Sunday, Gololo called on the SGF to allow governor Alia concentrate on delivering dividend of democracy to the people of the State.
He also urged President Tinubu to intervene in the crisis rocking Benue before it got out of hand while accusing Akume for allegedly instigating the crisis for his own selfish interest.
The APC Chieftain added that Senator Akume should remember that he himself did eight years as governor of the State, and therefore he should allow the governor Alia to do eight years too, instead of lording himself as Alia’s Godfather
Gololo said, “The purpose of calling this press conference is that as a party Chieftain, when you see something wrong, you take precautionary measures before it happen.
“The whole crisis started when Akume’s younger wife wanted to become the Speaker of the Benue House of Assembly and the governor said no!
“The wife, Becky was the former Chairman of Gboko LGA. She was also Akume’s Secretary when he was the Minister and now, he wants her to be the Speaker. Even if I am the one, I will say no.
“Akume should allow the man (governor) to do his job and I am calling on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the matter before it gets out of hand.
“Let him call the SGF(Akume) to order in order to allow him the perform his job as the executive governor and chief security officer of the state.
“As governor for eight years, nobody interfer with his style of governance. He should allow peace to reign in Benue State.what do Akume wants again? Politics is not hereditary.
“If it’s hereditary, then, it would have been okay for all members of his family to be entitled to whatever positions deem fit by him(Akume).”
