Nigeria, May 22 -- The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has been nominated as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 governorship election. He won the party's direct primary election held on Thursday across the state.

The Chairman of the APC Governorship Primary Election Committee, Mohammad Isah, announced the results at the party's secretariat in Makurdi, the state capital.

According to the results, Mr Alia polled 367,786 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Terwase Orbunde, who scored 3,247 votes, and Jeffrey Kuraun, who polled 2,923 votes.

The landslide victory further strengthens the governor's growing influence within the Benue APC machinery following weeks of political realignments and internal c...