{"id":197333,"date":"2026-03-22T12:44:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T11:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/benue-akume-cannot-decide-my-fate-in-2027-gov-alia"},"modified":"2026-03-22T13:51:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T12:51:58","slug":"benue-akume-cannot-decide-my-fate-in-2027-gov-alia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-akume-cannot-decide-my-fate-in-2027-gov-alia","title":{"rendered":"Benue: Akume cannot decide my fate in 2027 \u2013 Gov Alia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Hyacinth Alia has asserted that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, has no authority to decide his political future or that of Benue residents ahead of the 2027 governorship election.<\/p>\n<p>Alia emphasized that his chances for a second term would rest solely on his track record, credibility and past performance, expressing confidence that the electorate would judge him accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>This position was conveyed by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Tersoo Kula, in response to comments by Titus Zam, who had suggested that the people of the state would take direction from Akume regarding the 2027 polls.<\/p>\n<p>According to the governor, the ultimate decision lies with the people, not any individual political figure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat will determine direction for the 2027 general elections in Benue is purely performance and pedigree.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who betrayed the people that voted them into power; those who failed woefully to deliver on their mandate; those who preferred to worship emperors than fulfil their covenant with the people will face judgment from the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo emperor can decide any election for the people. Alia is diligently and meticulously keeping his covenant with the people, and the people are there, much aware of developments around them to pass their verdict,\u201d Alia\u2019s spokesman stated.<\/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. Governor Hyacinth Alia has asserted that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, has no authority to decide his political future or that of Benue residents ahead of the 2027 governorship election. Alia emphasized that his chances for a second term would rest solely on his track record, credibility [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":197331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-197333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"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>Benue: Akume cannot decide my fate in 2027 \u2013 Gov Alia - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Hyacinth Alia has asserted that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, has no authori ...\" \/>\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\/benue-akume-cannot-decide-my-fate-in-2027-gov-alia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Benue: Akume cannot decide my fate in 2027 \u2013 Gov Alia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Hyacinth Alia has asserted that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, has no authori ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-akume-cannot-decide-my-fate-in-2027-gov-alia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-22T11:44:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-22T12:51:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774183847.057894.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\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\/benue-akume-cannot-decide-my-fate-in-2027-gov-alia#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-akume-cannot-decide-my-fate-in-2027-gov-alia\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Benue: Akume cannot decide my fate in 2027 \u2013 Gov Alia\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-22T11:44:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-22T12:51:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-akume-cannot-decide-my-fate-in-2027-gov-alia\"},\"wordCount\":228,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-akume-cannot-decide-my-fate-in-2027-gov-alia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774183847.057894.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-akume-cannot-decide-my-fate-in-2027-gov-alia#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-akume-cannot-decide-my-fate-in-2027-gov-alia\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-akume-cannot-decide-my-fate-in-2027-gov-alia\",\"name\":\"Benue: Akume cannot decide my fate in 2027 \u2013 Gov Alia - 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