APC PRIMARIES: Suspended Priest wins primary election

Mr. Hyacinth Alia, the suspended priest in the Catholic Diocese of Gboko, has won the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue state.

The priest won after polling the majority number of votes at the primary election. The election was conducted with a lot of intrigues, as political observers believed both the opposing camp (PDP) and some selected few members of the APC do not want the priest to win.

Suspended Catholic Priest, Hyacinth Alia

He contested the party’s ticket alongside other aspirants who are big wigs in the political calculations of Benue state, names like Barnabas Gemade, who was a former national chairman of the PDP, and Mike Aondoakaa SAN, a former attorney-general of the federation AGF during the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo led administration.

Hyacinth Alia got over 7,000 votes to clinch the APC ticket.