{"id":176483,"date":"2025-08-28T11:52:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T10:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/senator-titus-zam-faces-backlash-for-attacks-on-gov-alia"},"modified":"2025-08-28T13:20:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:20:36","slug":"senator-titus-zam-faces-backlash-for-attacks-on-gov-alia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-titus-zam-faces-backlash-for-attacks-on-gov-alia","title":{"rendered":"Senator Titus Zam Faces Backlash for Attacks on Gov Alia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State, Tersoo Kula, has accused Senator Titus Zam of Benue North-West of consistently deploying \u201creckless vitriol and falsehood\u201d against the governor.<\/p>\n<p>Kula, in a statement issued on Thursday, said he was compelled to respond to what he described as a \u201cmalicious and poorly conceived\u201d article authored by one of the senator\u2019s aides, which targeted him personally.<\/p>\n<p>According to the CPS, the publication amounted to \u201cbaseless invectives\u201d and was a deliberate attempt to malign his role as the governor\u2019s spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole piece drips with desperation, bitterness, and malicious name-calling. Reducing a public discourse to mafia-style analogies of \u2018hitmen\u2019 and \u2018dons\u2019 only exposes the writer\u2019s obsession with fiction, not facts. Benue people deserve substance, not kiddish analogies,\u201d Kula said.<\/p>\n<p>He accused Senator Zam of being intolerant of criticism despite having, on several occasions, \u201cdeployed gutter language\u201d against Governor Alia in public forums and online spaces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe job of a Chief Press Secretary is to serve as the governor\u2019s mouthpiece, and that is exactly what I have done responsibly and firmly. If Zam mistakes firmness for intimidation, he should reflect on the reckless invectives he throws daily at the governor,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Kula further alleged that the senator had made the governor his \u201cfull-time constituency project,\u201d focusing more on personal attacks than on constructive criticism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo adult in Benue is oblivious of the fact that Senator Zam has, over time, made Governor Alia the object of constant attacks. Such obsession cannot be dignified as constructive criticism. Governance is about delivering development, which this administration is focused on,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The CPS maintained that he would not apologize for defending the governor, adding that his \u201cweapons are facts, clarity, and loyalty to the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kula also called on Zam and his aides to \u201clearn the perimeters of responsible discourse,\u201d stressing that free speech must be exercised with responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted the Alia administration\u2019s achievements, including infrastructure development, agricultural revival, payment of workers\u2019 salaries, and restoring \u201cdignity to governance,\u201d insisting that such progress could not be erased by propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttacking the governor and maligning his aides will not improve a single community road nor provide one job for the youth,\u201d Kula said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State, Tersoo Kula, has accused Senator Titus Zam of Benue North-West of consistently deploying \u201creckless vitriol and falsehood\u201d against the governor. Kula, in a statement issued on Thursday, said he was compelled to respond to what he described as a \u201cmalicious and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":176482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[9994,331,254,18585],"class_list":["post-176483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-alia","tag-benue","tag-nigeria","tag-titus-zam"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Senator Titus Zam Faces Backlash for Attacks on Gov Alia - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State, Tersoo Kula, has accused Senator Titus Zam of Benue ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-titus-zam-faces-backlash-for-attacks-on-gov-alia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senator Titus Zam Faces Backlash for Attacks on Gov Alia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State, Tersoo Kula, has accused Senator Titus Zam of Benue ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-titus-zam-faces-backlash-for-attacks-on-gov-alia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-28T10:52:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-28T12:20:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756371194.868343.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-titus-zam-faces-backlash-for-attacks-on-gov-alia#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-titus-zam-faces-backlash-for-attacks-on-gov-alia\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Senator Titus Zam Faces Backlash for Attacks on Gov Alia\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-28T10:52:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-28T12:20:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-titus-zam-faces-backlash-for-attacks-on-gov-alia\"},\"wordCount\":396,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-titus-zam-faces-backlash-for-attacks-on-gov-alia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756371194.868343.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Alia\",\"Benue\",\"Nigeria\",\"Titus Zam\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-titus-zam-faces-backlash-for-attacks-on-gov-alia#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-titus-zam-faces-backlash-for-attacks-on-gov-alia\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-titus-zam-faces-backlash-for-attacks-on-gov-alia\",\"name\":\"Senator Titus Zam Faces Backlash for Attacks on Gov Alia - 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