22 UNFORGETTABLE LIES OF BENUE GOVERNOR HYACINTH ALIA
When he was suspended by the Bishop for joining politics:
“The letter the Bishop sent to me was not a suspension. The Bishop only formally permitted me to go and contest the election.” LIE!
Shortly before the 2023 election:
“I will return all the IDPs to their ancestral homes within my first 100 days in office.” LIE!
“I will clear the arrears of salaries and pensions within my first 100 days in office.” LIE!
“I will end insecurity in all parts of Benue State. The algorithm is quite simple.” LIE!
“I will grant full autonomy to local governments.” LIE!
After the 2023 election:
“We are paying salaries with only the state IGR and not touching federal allocations.” LIE!
“I have sealed all government bank accounts because the past government issued some individuals cheques and they are waiting to cash out.” LIE!
“The Ubokoti mbaioruv (Akume’s camp) are against me because they asked me to bring the state funds to be shared but I refused.” LIE!
“The State Assembly passed a resolution to remove the State Chief Judge but I did not sign it because I know that it has to be procedural.” LIE!
“The Attorney General joined the state in the suit seeking to scrap EFCC without my consent.” LIE!
“National Assembly Members from Benue wrote a letter and dropped at the Nigeria – Niger border inviting armed herders to return to Benue to graze freely and disrupt my administration.” LIE!
“We have tackled insecurity to a standstill. The state under my watch is enjoying relative peace.” LIE!
After 200 people were killed in Yelewata:
“The authentic report of the casualty number we have is that only 59 people were killed in Yelewata.” LIE!
“What we are witnessing in Benue State are mere skirmishes and communal clashes, not herdsmen attacks.” LIE!
“The killings in Sankera are home grown; the militia in Sankera are fighting for supremacy; it is a battle for supremacy by rival cult groups, not Fulani.” LIE!
“The ECOWAS protocol on transhumance has allowed herders to freely come into the state with their cattle at any time.” LIE!
“I have issued a two-week ultimatum to herders to vacate Benue State or have me to contend with. We must enforce the Anti Open Grazing Law.” LIE!
“We can’t enforce the Anti-Grazing Law of the state because it is not a national legislation.” LIE!
“Youths of Gwer East rustled cows, slaughtered the cows and were selling in wheelbarrows.” LIE!
“The people killing our people are foreigners and not Fulanis; they don’t speak Fulani language.” LIE!
“Peter Obi didn’t inform me that he intended to visit Benue. I barred Obi from visiting the IDP camps because I wanted to protect the displaced people.” LIE!
“Our administration has awarded 13km Wurukum to Airforce Base road at the cost of N68.3 billion!” LIE. It is corruption of the highest order!
Benue people, see the A-liar that you voted 😥
