APC PRIMARIES: HOODLUMS ATTACK GOVERNOR ALIA’S ADVISER, APC CHIEFTAIN, OTHERS *Electoral Officials Escape Attempted Abduction * AKIGHIR DID NOT LEAD HOODLUMS; REPORT IS FALSE, MISLEADING AND POLITICALLY MOTIVATED - Aide
APC PRIMARIES: HOODLUMS ATTACK GOVERNOR ALIA’S ADVISER, APC CHIEFTAIN, OTHERS* * Electoral Officials Escape Attempted Abduction * AKIGHIR DID NOT LEAD HOODLUMS; REPORT IS FALSE, MISLEADING AND POLITICALLY MOTIVATED - Aide By Correspondent Facts have emerged from a viral video and social media reports on the tension in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State. While attempting to escape with electoral materials after an inconclusive primary for the newly restored State Constituency, youths intercepted the convoy. Governor Alia’s Special Adviser on Politics, Mobilisation and Special Duties and Hon. Smart Apurugh Girgi were assaulted by angry youths. A victim who spoke with our correspondent alleged that the Chairman of the North Central Development Commission, NCDC, Barr. Dr. Cosmas Akighir, on Wednesday, 24th June 2026, led and supervised armed hoodlums in an attack on the Special Adviser to Governor Hyacinth Iormem Alia of Benue State on Politics, M...