Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia, who was recently suspended by the Bishop of Gkoko Catholic Diocese for engaging in partisan politics, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Benue State, following the adoption of direct primary mode by the party leadership.
Chairman of the Benue State APC primary election committee Peter Ojie made the declaration at the party secretariat in Makurdi the state capital, to conclude the two-day-long process of direct primary elections better known as option A4.
Mister Alia polled a total of 526,807 votes to defeat his closet opponent Mathias Byuan who scored 113,816 votes in an election.
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