Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam, Gemade Tussle Over 2015 Senate Seat

"Top News In Nigeria" Ahead the 2015 elections,  Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam has begun  scheming how to outwit his former benefactor,  Senator Barnabas Gemade representing Benue North–East Senatorial District and maneuver his way back to the National Assembly.

To achieve his ambition of joining other governors who transited from Government House to the National

Assembly, Suswam has begun quite early in the day,  by flying a kite.  He began by sponsoring a group posing as elders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Zone A,  which  has  began campaigning that Gemade is not a good lawmaker and should be replaced in 2015 by Suswam who they argued performed excellently while a member of the House of Representatives.

The group led by Mr. Atoza Hidan, Dr Limbee Shande and Chief Jack Tilley-Gyado has already endorsed Suswam as their Senatorial candidate come 2015.

According to them: ‘’During Suswam’s tenure, as a federal lawmaker, representing Sankera, his achievement were very glaring. As a governor, he has done great, so he would use his experience to better the lot of our zone’’

Senator Gemade,  erstwhile national chairman of the PDP has averred that he  is not in a hurry to let the seat go. He traced the scheming to   Hindan, whom he described  as his  brother -in-law,  and  someone with inordinate desires

Gemade speaking  to journalists at his Makurdi residence  described the endorsement of the governor as a conspiracy against the people of the zone. The lawmaker adds that  he had supported Suswam sometime ago to win the House of Representatives election as a young man against the will of his in-law, who has become the greatest benefactor in the state.

“I want to warn Atoza Hindan to stop using my name to get benefits from the state. His action against me is enough because he is trying to risk my life. As a politician, I will not take it.

Gemade, further described the  elders in the zone as reasonable people with integrity who would not dabble into politics of pressuring uninterested individuals to contest elections, contending  that investigations have proved that elders from the area were not involved in the purported endorsement.