The
immediate past governor of Benue State, Dr Gabriel Suswam has tongue lashed the
state deputy chairman, Elders Forum, Chief Abu Shuluwa for allegedly
factionalising the Peoples Democratic Party in the state.
Suswam
fired the salvo at the party caucus meeting held in the state capital, Makurdi,
when he described Shuluwa’s group as comprising charlatans.
“I read in the media that some charlatans inaugurated the state executive. To me, I know that PDP in the state is one and who-is-who in the party in this state are with us here. We will not give recognition to anyone. We would have said those people be suspended but the fact is that we do not know them,” Suswam emphatically said.
In an apparent reference to the leadership that created two parallel camps at the national level, the former governor said the Benue chapter of PDP had no base in state.
“Modu Sherif has no supporters (here); so, as far as we are concerned in this state, there is one PDP and we are the one gathered here,” he reiterated.
He warned the party members and supporters not allow anyone to cause a crack among them, but to remain focused, with a promise that the ward executive of the party would soon be inaugurated “for us to forge ahead.”
But taking Suswam over his statement, Chief Shuluwa accused the former governor of an act of ‘disrespect to elders.”
According to him, the absence of most elders of the party from the “so-called caucus meeting,” where Suswam spoke, is evident of lack of legitimacy and popularity by the group.
“How many elders did you see with him,” Shuluwa queried, alleging that Suwam was largely responsible for the defeat of PDP in the state during the 2015 elections, as he failed to listen to the wise counsel of the elders of the party.”
“In fact, who is Suswam in politics? I brought him into politics.
“I read in the media that some charlatans inaugurated the state executive. To me, I know that PDP in the state is one and who-is-who in the party in this state are with us here. We will not give recognition to anyone. We would have said those people be suspended but the fact is that we do not know them,” Suswam emphatically said.
In an apparent reference to the leadership that created two parallel camps at the national level, the former governor said the Benue chapter of PDP had no base in state.
“Modu Sherif has no supporters (here); so, as far as we are concerned in this state, there is one PDP and we are the one gathered here,” he reiterated.
He warned the party members and supporters not allow anyone to cause a crack among them, but to remain focused, with a promise that the ward executive of the party would soon be inaugurated “for us to forge ahead.”
But taking Suswam over his statement, Chief Shuluwa accused the former governor of an act of ‘disrespect to elders.”
According to him, the absence of most elders of the party from the “so-called caucus meeting,” where Suswam spoke, is evident of lack of legitimacy and popularity by the group.
“How many elders did you see with him,” Shuluwa queried, alleging that Suwam was largely responsible for the defeat of PDP in the state during the 2015 elections, as he failed to listen to the wise counsel of the elders of the party.”
“In fact, who is Suswam in politics? I brought him into politics.
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