Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia
Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primary election conducted in the state.
The Chairman of the APC governorship primary election, Professor Mohammad Isah while announcing the results on Friday at the party secretariat in Makurdi, said Governor Alia polled 367,786 votes to defeat other contestants.
Professor Isah said Governor Alia’s closest opponent, Terwase Orbunde polled 3,247 votes, while Jeffery Kuraun got 2,923 votes.
While accepting to fly the flag of the party, Governor Alia appreciated the members of the party for the overwhelming support and for also embracing direct primaries where the people’s will prevailed in all the primary elections conducted.
The governor also assured that he would sustain his infrastructural development drive to enable Benue State become the envy of other states.
Governor Alia who spoke with newsmen shortly after participating in the primary elections in his village in Ihugh, called on the APC family in Benue State to turn up in their numbers to vote for President Bola Tinubu, as presidential flag bearer of the party in the forthcoming 2027 presidential polls.
Governor Alia said the President should be re-elected to consolidate his bold development agenda. That includes expanded infrastructure projects, renewed economic reforms to attract investment, efforts to boost job creation and improve security, and a commitment to strengthen governance.
Alia added that he would reach out to aggrieved party members and aspirants who lost in the primaries, urging them to stay in the party and work together toward the bigger goal of winning elections from the grassroots up.
He also expressed satisfaction with the turnout in his own election, calling it a clear mandate to act on the people’s priorities.
He said: “I can assure you that by the time I am through with my eight years in office, Benue will become a State every one would want to visit. What you have seen is not even a quarter of what I have in store for the state. I started from ground zero and had to lay some very solid foundations”.
