Heman Hembe, the Labour Party’s candidate for governor in Benue State, has claimed that the party does not practice godfatherism.
This was said by Hembe over the weekend at the launch of his campaign in the state capital of Makurdi, where he lambasted the PDP-led government for allegedly failing to run the state effectively.
The governorship candidate observed with dismay that the PDP-led government in the state will demystify the Fulanis and still go on to vote a Fulani man as its presidential candidate.
Hembe, who is the federal representative for Vandeikya/Konshisha in the House of Representatives, urged the residents of the state to rally behind the Labour Party, which he claimed ensured a higher quality of life for both employees and the general populace.
He reassured the people of the party’s commitment to reversing the state’s current crippling position.
“This generation will not deceive you, those candidates in the All Progressives Congress and the PDP are products of godfatherism and the biggest problem in Benue is godfatherism.
“Today, the same people who are shouting about the Fulanis, are the same people who voted Fulani as their party’s candidate.
“I and all of us on this stage today, are very opposed to anybody or person invading our land, we will not cede any inch of this land to anybody.
“Where there is war, there is development. In Borno State, the governor there has been fighting Boko Haram in the last six years. Borno is building schools, building bridges, our case cannot be different. Our pensioners cannot be different. Our pensioners cannot continue to go hungry and die everyday after serving the state meritoriously.
“The Labour Party that you see today is the party of the ordinary people, it is the party of the pensioners, party of the civil servants, party of the market women and traders. The party that takes pity in the ordinary people, the party that will bring you out of the situation where you are today,” Hembe stated.
