Ex-Benue Governor Suswam dumps PDP, says Party trapped in Endless Crisis

By Kazeem Ugbodaga

Former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing persistent and unresolved internal conflicts plaguing the party.

Suswam, in a letter of resignation addressed to Mbagber Council Ward, Logo Local Government Area of the state, said for decades, the PDP had provided him with a platform to serve the Nigerian people in various capacities; as a Member of the House of Representatives, as governor of Benue, and as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

He thanked the party for these numerous opportunities to serve, lamenting that the party that once stood as a symbol of cohesion, internal democracy, and progressive opposition, has “regrettably become plagued by persistent and unresolved internal conflicts.”

According to him, these disputes, spanning leadership, structure, discipline, and ideology, have been allowed to fester without any clear or credible pathway to resolution.

Suswam decried that in spite of repeated interventions, reconciliatory committees, and public assurances, the party continues to operate in a state of deep internal dysfunction.

In his words: “The PDP today appears to be perpetually trapped in crisis mode; an institution in political intensive care, with no consensus diagnosis and no agreed treatment plan in sight.”