By Amos Aar
A FACTION of the Benue State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Austin Agada has postponed its emergency meeting earlier scheduled for today, Saturday, March 22, 2025.
The meeting of the faction had earlier been scheduled to hold at the APC Secretariat (Tinubu House) in Makurdi.
The meeting was expected to bring together the faction’s State Working Committee, assistants, chairmen of the 23 local government areas, and 276 ward chairmen, along with their executive members.
A new date is expected to be communicated in due course, Daniel Ihomun, factional state Publicity Secretary, announced in a statement, citing internal developments.
The Agada-led faction also issued a warning to members and the general public to disregard what it described as “purported reappointment letters” being circulated by the “sacked caretaker committee led by Benjamin Omale”.
Ihomun emphasised that investigations have revealed the letters did not originate from the APC National Secretariat.
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“The judgment of the Benue State High Court, which affirmed the tenure of the Agada-led executive, remains valid and binding,” the statement read.
While the official reason for the postponement was not provided, political observers believe it could be a strategic move to test the waters amid ongoing rivalry between the Agada faction and the Omale-led faction, which is allegedly backed by Governor Hyacinth Alia.
The internal wrangling intensified on Friday when Mr. James Ornguga, acting organising secretary of the Omale faction, posted on Facebook what he claimed were reappointment letters issued by the APC National Working Committee (NWC) to Omale and his team.
Ornguga asserted that the NWC had directed Omale to present the letters to appointees in Makurdi.
However, members of the Agada faction, along with opposition voices from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), quickly took to social media to dismiss the letters as fake and not originating from the APC National Secretariat.
As of Saturday morning, Ornguga was accused of deleting the post containing the controversial appointment letter, though screenshots of the document continue to circulate online through other users.
The situation has deepened the factional crisis within the Benue APC as both camps continue to assert legitimacy ahead of future party engagements.
