February 03, (THEWILL) – Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia has polled a total of 410,682 votes to beat twelve other aspirants at the just concluded rerun exercise, to emerge as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship flag bearer in Benue state in next month’s general election.
Announcing the result in Makurdi on Thursday, the chairman of Electoral Committee, senator Basir Lado, said other aspirants including Mathias Byuan, Bernard Yisa, Terver Ikya, Godwin Tyoachimin, Steve Lawani, Terhemba Shija, Sam Odeh, Samuel Orbunde, Michael Aondoakaa and Herman Hembe scored various votes.
According to him, results collated from the eleven council wards in the rerun was merged with that of twelve others earlier conducted by the party to arrive at the total figure with Fr Alia scoring the highest votes.
Senator Lado commended delegates for their orderliness during the exercise and urged them to keep faith with the party till victory was achieved at the general polls.
In his remarks, the chairman of the Appeal Committee, said the party have observed to the process that produced the winner and will be sitting from 11:00 pmup to Friday morning, to entertain complaints that would be raised by any of the aspirants.
The state chairman of APC, Comrade Austin Agada, while addressing the special congress of the party, noted that Benue state must be brought back to development because it is ruined by the PDP led administration of governor Samuel Ortom.
“Pensioners and civil servants are disappointed as governor Samuel Ortom assumes their next of kin. The worst of APC candidate is the best of that of the PDP in Benue state.”
According to Agada, victory is on the side of APC in Benue state with the emergence of Fr Alia at the rerun exercise, which he said was free and fairly conducted.
In his remarks, a chieftain of the party, Prof. Stephen Ugba, who congratulated Fr Alia for his victory, charged him to extend a hand of gesture to the aggrieved aspirants that lost out in the process.
Professor Ugba, who is the immediate past Nigerian Ambassador to Russia, appealed to other governorship aspirants to sheathe their swords, as there is no victory, no vanquish in a quest to correct what he described as the ill bedevilling the state.
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