The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Benue State, Mr. Agbo Terkula, has resigned both his membership of the party and the position he occupied.

In a letter of resignation dated Wednesday, July, 2018, addressed to the state chairman of the party, Terkula claimed that the APC-controlled Federal Government did not represent the interests and yearnings of the people of the state.

“The APC, which controls the government at the centre, does not represent the yearnings and aspirations of the people of Benue State,” he claimed in his resignation letter.

He regretted the “unprovoked killings” of rural farmers by herdsmen, displacement from farmlands and the plight of the Internally Displaced Persons in the state.

He added that some of the “reckless comments” by top political appointees of the Federal Government had exacerbated the killings.

He claimed that overtures had been made to him not to resign his membership of the party, but stated that to remain in the party would amount to “trading his life and conscience and the future of the state.”

The former Publicity Secretary, however, thanked the APC leader in the state, Senator George Akume, for giving him the opportunity to serve the party.

(NAN)