Ahead of the hotly contested governorship election in Benue State which comes up next year, things might not be so easy for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the Social Democratic Party, SDP has announced that they would be going into an alliance with the Labour Party.
John Enemari who is the State Chairman of SDP had also disclosed the development while speaking with journalists in Makurdi, the state capital, on Monday.
According to the Chairman, the leadership of the party had also directed its members in the 2023 local government and the 276 electoral wards in the state to work with the Labour Party.
The SDP chairman lamented that the crisis at the national level of his party has destabilised it in all the states of the federation, which he said, led to factions in the party. He said the Labour Party governorship flag bearer in the state, Heman Hembe is a young man who can be trusted to govern the state.
“The man that is coming is a young man that has done very well in his constituency. This is his fourth time at the National Assembly, House of Representatives; once you mention his name, they will tell you they know him.
“My people are calling me, ‘Chairman, where do you want us to go?’ I said, ‘Look, wait, I met with him and we spoke, so my people we are going to work with him’ (Herman Hembe).
“In a party, if you don’t win election, what do you do? Now they are in court. Let them continue. Benue is not a revenue-yielding state for them. We must work with those with integrity to deliver the state,” Enemari said.
