Gov Alia suspends APC primary poll in Benue over misconduct

The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has ordered the immediate suspension of the primary election of the ruling All Progressives Congress for the Guma 1 State Constituency.

It was gathered that the Governor called for an end of the exercise, which was meant to select a candidate for the February 4 by-election for the State House of Assembly.

During a press conference in Makurdi on Saturday, Alia claimed that the primary was disrupted by threats and hijacked by individuals who were not from the Guma Local Government Area and should not have participated in the election.

The governor said: “Security of state remains paramount to us. Today (Saturday), the APC is to conduct primary but it was marred by misconduct and this posed insecurity in Guma. It became imperative to calm the irate youth.

“Party stakeholders felt disenchanted. I would not want any semblance of insecurity in the state.

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