Tinubu meets Alia, Suswam behind closed doors as Benue crisis deepens

President Bola Tinubu is presently successful a backstage gathering with Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia and erstwhile governor, Senator Gabriel Suswam, astatine the Presidential Villa successful Abuja.

The Monday gathering is taking spot astatine a clip of rising governmental hostility successful the North-Central state.

No authoritative details person been released, arsenic discussions are ongoing down closed doors.

The engagement comes amid increasing divisions wrong the Benue section of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), wherever Governor Alia and allies of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, are reportedly struggling for power of the enactment operation up of the 2027 elections.

It besides follows caller governmental shifts successful the state, with Senator Suswam’s sanction surfacing aft the APC senatorial primaries arsenic a notable fig up of the adjacent predetermination cycle.

While it remains unconfirmed whether the state’s governmental situation is connected the agenda, the timing of the gathering has fueled speculation that the Presidency whitethorn beryllium stepping successful to calm tensions, reconcile rival blocs, and promote unity among cardinal governmental actors successful the state.

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