Tinubu/Alia 2027: Over 200 groups in Benue ahead of march

From Scholastica Hir, Makurdi

The National Director, Renewed Interfaith Movement Nigeria, King Samuel, said the forum has registered over 200 support groups in Benue State to work for the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the state governor, Rev. Fr Hyacinth Alia, in the 2027 general elections.

The DG, who is also the National Director, North Central Amalgamated Forum for President Tinubu, disclosed this while speaking to our correspondent after a meeting with a cross-section of Tinubu support groups in Makurdi on Tuesday.

He said, “We are here officially registering and accrediting support groups inclusion for Tinubu/Alia in Benue State. We are officially registering them into the Amalgamated Support Group for Tinubu/Alia in Benue State.

He explained that the essence of the group is “work and victory. We are here to work for the victorious return of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Hyacinth Alia and to make sure that 2027 is a success for them.”

While noting that more groups were expected to come forward for registration by Wednesday, April 8, 2026, King Samuel said they have registered over 200 support groups so far.

Addressing the groups’ executives during the meeting, King Samuel urged them to see themselves as part of policymakers, adding, “We are setting a result-oriented initiative. Many of you have worked for other leaders in the past without results and you worked in vain. This time, as strong believers in APC, we are engaging you in productive campaigns and assignments where you will achieve results and your labour will not be in vain.”

He reminded them of the upcoming Tinubu/Alia Solidarity March slated for April 20, 2026, and advised all group leaders to mobilise their members towards what he described as a “Capacity Show” and to come together and work hard under the forum for the victorious return of both leaders, saying their handiwork and democracy dividends, which are evidential, productive, as well as progressive, have changed Nigeria and Benue State in particular.

Earlier, the State Coordinator of the Renewed Hope Interfaith Movement, Bishop Mike Angou, while explaining that the gathering is an interfaith movement to garner support for the re-election of President Tinubu, Governor Alia, and other candidates within the state APC, said they are committed to ensuring that the initiative is successful in the state.

Angou, who spoke through the Coordinator of the Muslim Directorate, Alhaji Baba Ahmed, said they are working with Imams, Christian and Islamic scholars to mobilise for the upcoming one-million-man march, adding, “By God’s grace, it is going to be successful for the reelection of the President.

“Additionally, we’ve been seeing how interested parties are coming to register. We have support groups from various local governments coming to add value to what we are doing. We believe that the initiative is going to be very, successful. So we are screening them to ensure they have their credentials, such as registration certificates and other documents that will guarantee their enrollment.”

Baba said the President and Governor Alia have done well and there was need to give them opportunity to consolidate and complete what they have started.

Other speakers, including the Coordinator of the Christian Directorate, Paul Ochomma, urged all groups to take the movement as their project and invest fully to make it a success, promising they would not regret being part of it. Evangelist Rita Aato and Hajia Rabi Tijanni, Christian and Muslim women leaders of the Renewed Hope Interfaith Movement, urged men to allow their wives to participate in the movement, just as they pledged to mobilise women across the state for the successful re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Hyacinth Alia in 2027.