Former Benue State Governor, Senator Gabriel Suswam, has officially declared his intention to contest the Benue North-East Senatorial District seat in the 2027 general elections on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Suswam made the announcement during a Monday interview on Arise TV.The declaration comes months after his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC in February 2026. The PDP had earlier claimed that Suswam had long distanced himself from the party before the formal move.
Describing his switch as a “political realignment,” Suswam said the decision was driven by conviction and a desire to align with the wishes of the Benue people rather than personal ambition.
“Benue State, since I started politics in 1998, is a place where the people believe in one party,” he explained. “Benue State for its first 16 years was completely a PDP state. And then subsequently after that, they moved to the APC.
As a Benue son, I won’t be an exception to what my people want and what my people believe. They now believe in the principles and philosophy of the APC.”The two-term former governor added that he remains politically active and sees the Senate as the most viable position available to him at this stage.
“I’m a politician. And as a politician, if you are still strong enough to contest an election, you always want to contest elections. The only election that I can contest now is the Senate,” he said. “Of course, I can’t go back to run for governor; even if I want to run for that, the Constitution forbids me from running for governor again. So of course, I’ll be running for Senate.”
Suswam’s move is seen as a significant boost for the APC in Benue State ahead of the 2027 polls.
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