News Investigators/ The Accord Party in Benue has endorsed President Bola Tinubu and Gov. Hyacinth Alia for re-election in the 2027 general elections.
Prof. Bem Angwe, the party’s candidate for Gboko/Tarka Federal Constituency, stated this on Wednesday during a news conference in Makurdi.
The party also clarified that its proposed political collaboration with the All Progressives Congress (APC) would be limited to the presidential and governorship elections.
Angwe said the party’s candidates and state executives had carefully assessed the performances of Tinubu and Alia and considered them worthy of another term.
He said the endorsement was informed by what he described as progress recorded by both administrations in infrastructure, social welfare and economic development.
“Under President Tinubu, Nigeria is moving forward, while under our governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, our state is also moving forward,” he said.
Angwe said the party was prepared for the 2027 elections and had candidates for various elective positions across the state.
He, however, stressed that the party would maintain its independent identity in the senatorial, House of Representatives and State House of Assembly elections.
He said the proposed strategic partnership with the APC would not affect the electoral interests of Accord candidates contesting other positions.
“Whatever alliance or strategic partnership that Accord Party will have with the APC will be limited and restricted to the election of President Bola Tinubu and that of Gov. Hyacinth Alia and his deputy,” he said.
Angwe urged party supporters to vote for Tinubu and Alia while supporting Accord candidates in other elective positions.
He said the party believed in fairness, truth and performance, adding that its decision was not merely an exercise in partisan politics.
The candidate also disclosed that the party’s state chairman would make an announcement at the appropriate time concerning his governorship ambition and the party’s position on the 2027 governorship election.
Earlier, Bishop Benson Egbe, Accord Party Chairman in Benue and its governorship candidate, said the party would support the re-election of President Tinubu and Gov Alia.
Egbe said the party’s position was to work towards an alignment with Alia, provided the interests of its candidates were protected.
He said Accord had candidates contesting for senatorial, House of Representatives and State House of Assembly seats and would not support any arrangement that undermined their ambitions.
He urged members and supporters to disregard unauthorised representations of the party’s position on political alliances ahead of the 2027 elections.
The chairman reiterated that the party would communicate its decisions through the appropriate leadership structures.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other candidate at the press conference are: Josephine Washim of Mata state constituency, Elijah Akaayar of Gboko 3 constituency Francis Mfa of Tarka state constituency and Akaakaa Iortyer of Gboko West constituency.
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