US EditionNigeria: Ex-Benue Gov Dumps PDP
Suswam cited prolonged leadership, structural, and ideological disputes within the Peoples Democratic Party that resisted resolution efforts by party members.
- On Wednesday, Gabriel Suswam resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party, submitting a signed letter to Mbagber Council Ward, Logo Local Government Area that was made available in Makurdi.
- After repeated reconciliation attempts, he blamed failed interventions for forcing his decision, citing disputes over leadership, structure, discipline, and ideology.
- In his signed letter, Gabriel Suswam described the PDP's current state as `perpetually trapped in crisis mode`, citing unresolved internal conflicts, despite thanking the party for his past opportunities as a House member, governor, and senator.
- As a self-described democrat, Suswam said membership no longer matched his convictions, arguing parties must be platforms for ideas, discipline, and constructive engagement, not endless internal warfare.
- The former governor warned the PDP has strayed from internal party ideals and called for 'courage and consensus' to resolve longstanding contradictions.
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A former Benue Governor, Sen. Gabriel Suswam, on Wednesday officially joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) few hours after his exit from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Suswam had earlier in the day resigned his membership of his erstwhile party, PDP, citing unending internal conflicts for his decision. “The party that once stood as a symbol of cohesion, internal democracy and progressive opposition has, regrettably, become plagued …
Ex-Benue gov dumps PDP
Gabriel Suswam said, "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." The post Ex-Benue gov dumps PDP appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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