All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State said it has uncovered a plot by officials of the Benue State government to stage protests against President Bola Tinubu, the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF) Senator George Akume and the Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
The spokesperson of the party, Daniel Ihomun, in a statement he issued yesterday, claimed that the protest is aimed at stopping the president from assenting to the recent resolution of the Senate stopping the release of funds to local government caretaker committees in any state of the federation.
According to him, “This plot has been deeply hatched and their first experimental step was the call on the party chairman in the state, Comrade Austin Agada, to resign without advancing any genuine reason.”
Ihomun said, “The party views this act of sabotage as portending grave danger to the unity of the state and the party, if people who claim APC membership and are working under an APC state government would undermine their President, the Senate President and the SGF in an open protest in their quest to stifle the hands of government on a matter.”
He lamented that in as much as the organisers are free to express themselves, taking steps that would embarrass the President and his administration is unacceptable and must be halted.
“As such, the party calls on the inspector-general of police and the Benue State commissioner of police to closely monitor this planned protest which may wear a semblance of solidarity march but with a sinister motive,” he said.
The party equally called on the Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Iornem Alia to monitor the activities of unscrupulous elements around his government who are using his name to perpetrate acts that are capable of plunging the state into anarchy that would necessitate the declaration of a state of emergency.
“The party equally call on the governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Iormem Alia to monitor the activities of unscrupulous elements around his government who are using his name to perpetrate acts that are capable of plunging the state into anarchy that would necessitate the declaration of a state of emergency.
“We also enjoin security agencies in the state to be on alert to check the activities of this group that seems to undermine the peace of the state and is hellbent on planting divisive tendencies. The general public should please take note of this Nollywood script,” he said.
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