The Chief Press Secretary to the Benue State Governor, Tersoo Kula in Monday said that his principal Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia maintains a cordial relationship with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Senator George Akume, as against speculations that the two leaders were fighting.
In a statement, Tersoo said that there has been continuous speculation from the opposition camp that there exists a bad blood between the Governor and the SGF.
“Ordinarily, we wouldn’t have bothered to respond to this, but Joseph Goebbels once said that ”If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it,” The statement added.
“Yesterday, Sunday, October 8th, 2023, another group came up with a Press Conference in Makurdi where they tried to give credence to some unfounding rumours by linking Governor Alia and the Government of Benue State as complaining of the SGF’s alleged meddlesomeness in the running of government in the state.
“It is on the basis of this that we have decided to make a statement in this regard,” he noted.
According to the CPS, there exists no bad blood between Governor Hyacinth Alia and the SGF. The governor has at different fora, and most recently during a victory parade organised for him by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, declared that the SGF remains the leader of the party in the state and that there is no issue between them as being speculated by people who don’t mean well for the state.
The governor’s spokesman said, “jealous elements, especially, the opposition who are waiting to see a fight between us should be ashamed of themselves. I am working hand in hand with my leader, Sen. George Akume”.
“The governor regards the Secretary to the Government of the Federation as a respected leader of the party not just in the state, but the North Central and therefore, will no longer continue to keep quiet as some opportunistic elements desperately seek to pitch them against each other for their inordinate pecuniary gain.
“The opposition elements trying to foist a crack among the party’s leaders in the state by sponsoring malicious and vexatious press conferences should desist forthwith, as the Governor and the SGF’s relationship goes way back and will continue to wax stronger.”
