Another crisis seem to have hit The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue State as stakeholders of the party from the Benue South Senatorial District rejected Sam Ode, running mate of the APC governorship candidate, Fr. Hyacinth Alia.

The APC elders had issued a statement rejecting the reported choice of Ode as the running mate of Fr Alia.

The elders had in a statement denied knowledge of Ode being nominated as the deputy governorship candidate of the party in Benue State, saying they were not consulted over the choice.

The statement was jointly signed by Sen Ameh Ebute, Alhaji Usman Abubakar, Chief Audu Ogbeh, General Chris Garuba Engr. Morgan Okwoche, General Lawrence Onoja, Chief Stephen Lawani, Chief Ameh Udoh, Prince Obande Omoi and other members.

The statement read in part: “The attention of the APC elders in Benue South Senatorial District has been drawn to an online publication, purporting the nomination of Dr. Sam Ode as the running mate to the governorship candidate of APC in Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia.

“With the mandate of the APC elders in Benue South Senatorial District which slot it is to produce the Deputy Governorship Candidate for the party, we wish to state that we were never consulted by anyone on the purported nomination of Dr. Sam Ode”.

The Zone C elders insisted that the purported nomination of Dr. Sam Ode as Alia’s running mate stands null and void. And such the decision was a deliberate act of mischief makers.