By Peter Ahenakaa
I can now report authoritatively to you that the number of wives and children of the suspended priest Hyacinth Alia who desperately wants to be governor of Benue state has been confirmed. My months of painstaking investigation exposed the fake priest yesterday Monday the 5th day of December, 2022.
For obvious reasons, I will not mention the names of those women and their children here but you can take my findings to the bank as authentic. Alia has 16 children from 12 different women. Nine of the children are girls and seven are boys. Four of the children are staying with their mothers in Abuja, two are of a Canadian mother while the rest are either in Gboko or Makurdi. Some of the children are in secondary schools. His first child who is a female is 28 years old and has since graduated from the university of Abuja. She got a job last year in a federal agency and is staying with her mother. Alia visits them each time he is in Abuja.
Alia impregnated her mother when he was the chaplain of Queens Secondary School Gboko many years ago. He threatened the innocent girl to abort the pregnancy but she refused. Her decision to keep the pregnancy sadly affected her educational career. Today, the same Alia who didn’t want the child boasts with his inner circle of randy friends that he will soon be a grandfather.
Let me tell you about other aspects of the man’s terrible lifestyle. He lies a lot.
Desperation is a very dangerous thing. It leads to lying, twisting facts and playing up misleading narratives to get something. This is what has happened to the suspended priest Alia. The man has chosen to lie his way to power. Let me give you just a few of his lies:
Fact Check
1. His Suspension
The Catholic Church does not allow any of its priests to join politics in a multi-party state. Never!
It was shocking when the suspended priest, Alia came out to say that the letter Bishop William Avenya wrote suspending him was like a pat on the back to officially release him to run for governorship. What! A letter that clearly stated that the priest was suspended because of his rebellion (contumacy) against the church became “permission” to go and contest for election? God of Nigeria!
2. His School Certificate
The man released his purported WAEC certificate which was obviously forged. All WAEC certificates, whether GCE or SSCE bear two important numbers – the Candidate number and the Certificate number. It is only Alia’s WAEC certificate that is different without any of those two numbers. What a man!
3. The APC guber Primaries
The yahoo yahoo governorship primary election that his benefactor Akume said he won is the worst nomination process ever seen in Benue state. It was only in Vandeikya that some hemp smoking APC hooligans were hastily assembled to queue up and pretend as if they were voting. Pictures and videos were made to say that direct primary election held. No election took place.
But Alia came out to accept the result of the sham and described it as transparent, free and fair.
The Holy Bible has much to say about the sin of stealing, and this does not exclude the rigging of elections.
In the book of Luke 16:10-14 thus: “Whoever can be trusted with small things can also be trusted with big things. Whoever is dishonest in little things will be dishonest in big things too.”
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God warns us in the book of Leviticus 9:11 “Do not steal. Do not lie. Do not deceive one another.”
4. Lied Against Benue People
Alia granted a media interview shortly after he visited Kaduna Governor El Rufai who gave him plenty money and said that Fulanis are not the ones attacking people in Benue state. He accused Benue youths of being militia who carry out attacks and not Fulani. The statement has angered the people intensely.
5. Forged INEC document
Long before the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC published names and credentials of 2023 candidates sent to it by political parties, Alia’s camp forged a document and circulated on social media claiming that it emanated from the electoral umpire. It was soon proved to be fake and forged.
6. Indecisiveness
After nomination, a candidate is expected to announce his running mate. But in the case of Alia, nearly four months after Akume, Shango, Gyado and Agada pronounced him winner of the “direct primary election”, he was yet to decide who will fly the flag with him. In his indecision and confused state, Akume sent the name of his aide and kinsman Barrister Shima Vembe to INEC as deputy governorship placeholder. Hahahaha. A man who cannot do a thing as simple as pick a running mate has no capacity to lead a state. It will take him two years to announce a cabinet.
7. His Visit to El-Rufai
Alia visited Kaduna state Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai
and signed an agreement with Governor and other Islamic extremists who listed terms and conditions to give him the financial support he asked from them to help run his campaign. One of the terms of the agreement was that he will permit Emirate system in Benue state and to allow Fulani cattle herders free access to grazing fields in all the 23 local government areas of the state. Alia eagerly accepted the condition.
A man who is only seeking public office and is already lying as if his life depends on falsehood will be very dangerous to the state.
The good news is that APC won’t have a candidate for the 2023 governorship election in Benue state. They have used their own hands to nail themselves.
* Ahenakaa writes from Agedam in Gboko.
