"Alia Cannot Deliver Benue": APC Chieftain Exposes Deep Party Rift and Predicts Gubernatorial Loss on TVC News
A fierce internal crisis within the Benue State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has burst into the open. Speaking on TVC News, Comrade Dominic Alancha, an APC chieftain aligned with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) George Akume, leveled heavy criticism against Governor Hyacinth Alia.
Alancha declared that a robust stakeholder consensus has already been reached to vote the governor out, asserting that Alia has completely decoupled himself from the party structure, broken direct peace pacts brokered by President Bola Tinubu, and presided over a severe decline in state governance.
The public criticism follows a high-stakes, closed-door meeting at the Presidential Villa involving President Tinubu, Governor Alia, and former Governor Gabriel Suswam. Alancha dismissed the meeting as a desperate attempt by Alia to secure a political lifeline. He argued that the governor has twice compromised formal reconciliation efforts—including a direct presidential mandate to return serving National Assembly members via consensus—by allegedly using state apparatus to hijack primary materials, write results, and replace valid candidates.
While Alancha emphasized that Benue remains fully united behind President Tinubu’s federal trajectory, he warned that the APC is fast-tracking its own defeat in the upcoming gubernatorial race if it fields Alia.
Anatomy of the Benue APC Fracture: Broken Accords and Administrative Failure
The
bitter divide between Governor Alia’s administration and the party’s
foundational stakeholders maps across several structural breakdowns.
3. Tactical Dispute: Internal Fracture Points & Governance Impact
| Tactical Dispute | The Internal Fracture Points (Alancha's Account) | Governance & Party Impact |
|---|---|---|
| Defiance of Presidential Accords | Alia allegedly accepted an SGF-led presidential peace plan to retain all serving APC legislators, only to publicly dismiss the agreement as "mere wishes and prayers" hours later. | Party Chaos: The national NASS Appeal Committee had to step in to reverse written primary results and protect serving lawmakers' tickets. |
| Party Infrastructure Hostility | The state party secretariat remains physically blockaded. Alancha alleged the governor dumped laterite sand at the gates and stationed an armored tank to lock out officials. | Structural Collapse: Total lack of recognition for the elected State Party Chairman, Dr. Austin Agada, freezing formal party operations. |
| Governance & Security Deficit | Key zones, particularly the Idoma-speaking Zone C, are described as sliding into "ungoverned spaces" due to total state abandonment. | Public Backlash: Displaced persons (IDPs) are neglected, major roads have been excavated without completion, and infrastructure projects like the Makurdi underpass are plagued by structural safety fears. |
"Alia cannot deliver himself in Benue or deliver APC without the camp of the SGF. The truth of the matter is that the president has twice initiated reconciliation meetings, and Alia jettisoned them. He has reneged on his campaign promises despite massive federal allocations. With Alia as governor in 2027, Benue is finished—and we are determined to rescue it." — Comrade Dominic Alancha
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