Alleged Anti-party Activities: Ogbadibo APC Disowns State Chairman as Benue Youth Call for His Resignation

By Amos Aar

The youth wing of Benue State on Saturday called on Comrade Austin Agada, the State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to resign his position owing to alleged anti-party activities.

Senior Special Assistant to Governor Hyacinth Alia on Youth Mobilization and Empowerment, Hon. Mkeenem Moses, made the call on behalf of the state youth wing at a press conference in his office which he jointly addressed with the APC local government secretary of Ogbadibo local government, Comrade Isaiah Abah.

Mkeenem accused Agada of instigating and mobilizing 23 APC local government chairmen to protest against the appointment of local government caretaker committees by the State Governor, Hyacinth Alia.

The 23 APC local government chairmen had on Thursday at a meeting in Makurdi chided the Governor for not involving them and other party's stakeholders in the recent appointment of caretaker committees whose names are still before the State House of Assembly for confirmation. The LG party chairmen threatened to stage a protest against the governor over the issue both in Makurdi and Abuja.

Hon. Mkeenem described the alleged anti-party activities by Comrade Agada as unfortunate and capable of causing crisis, pointing out that he had interrupted the conduct of the speakership election of the 10th Benue Assembly earlier in July, 2023 and has been interfering with all issues including those not related to politics.

"The youth wing of Benue State therefore call on Comrade Austin Agada to step aside for lack of leadership qualities so that a competent person will takeover and pilot affairs of the party effectively in order to foster peace, progress and unity

"Again, the fallacy by the APC local government chairmen instigated by Agada that Governor Alia is not working with the party is also unfortunate and condemnable. The Governor has been working round the clock to build the broom party as demonstrated in the full support he rendered during the recent stakeholders meeting of the APC in the state", the SSA stated.

Also speaking during the joint press briefing, Comrade Abah Isaiah, the APC secretary in Ogbadibo local government where Comrade Austin Agada hails from, backed the youth wing of Benue State, saying they were not in support of what Agada was doing and added voice for his resignation.

"I'm here to add my voice to what the SSA on Youth Mobilization has said here today.

"We, the APC from Ogbadibo local government area and the good people of Ogbadibo local government area, we are not in support of what Comrade Austin Agada is doing and we choose to say it here clearly that we have distanced ourselves from whatever he is doing against the leadership of the government of Governor Hyacinth Iormem Alia.

"The choice or the decision of the caretaker chairmen in Ogbadibo local government area went down well with us except for that of the vice-chairman. The lady that has been nominated to be the vice caretaker committee of Ogbadibo local government area, Charity Okpanachi, is not a member of our party.... To make matters worst, she do not [sic] hold a voter's card. How can you appoint such a person to be in the caretaker committee? The same person is nominated by Comrade Austin Agada. So, if today he is accusing the governor of anti-party activities, what is more anti-party than that?", Abah asked.

He continued: go to Ogbadibo local government and ask Comrade Dan Onjeh who was the senatorial candidate of our party how he lost that election. Who chaired the anti-party activities that lent his slot to senator Moro? Whatever you heard senator Moro say yesterday, I want to tell you point blankly that it was a collaboration from his team and those who did anti-party in his favor.

"Ask Hon. Philip Agbese who is the House of Representatives member for Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo federal constituency what was his experience with Comrade Austin Agada in the last election. We all know, he was out there supporting the candidature of Aida Nath, the PDP candidate. These are verifiable facts.

"I want to tell the Governor that whatever has to do with Ogbadibo local government, he should continue to deal with the leader of the party in that local government, his commissioner for Water Resources, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Odoh Ugwu. Hon. Odoh Ugwu, I believe he is the number one person that can protect the interest and has always protected the interest of the governor in that local government", Abah stressed.

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OGBADIBO AGAIN

Cortexhills99:
OGBADIBO AGAIN

Wetin do dat area?

They are always the Gladiators of Benue Zone C yet the place seems ehhhhhhnn

Oyikoha:

Wetin do dat area?

Cortexhills99:
They are always the Gladiators of Benue Zone C yet the place seems ehhhhhhnn

Hahahahaha no de accuse us😅

You know am not lying, the LG can’t be neglected politically but what is on ground …. So sad

Oyikoha:


Hahahahaha no de accuse us😅

Cortexhills99:
You know am not lying, the LG can’t be neglected politically but what is on ground …. So sad

You’re right…. I don’t know why the chairman is fighting the Governor though….. Somethings are not important

He is fighting a war that isn’t his, he is fighting for his Boss Sen. Akume

Oyikoha:


You’re right…. I don’t know why the chairman is fighting the Governor though….. Somethings are not important

Cortexhills99:
He is fighting a war that isn’t his, he is fighting for his Boss Sen. Akume

Alia is not like that besides Akume has no hand in State matters anymore…..
Both are facing their jobs and that’s how it should be in Benue

I laugh in Tiv. The both are digging it dirty as we speak

Oyikoha:

Alia is not like that besides Akume has no hand in State matters anymore…..
Both are facing their jobs and that’s how it should be in Benue