Former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has officially declared interest in contesting the Benue North-East Senatorial District seat in the 2027 general elections on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Declaring his interest, Suswam revealed that since the constitution prevents him from contesting the governorship seat again, he would run for the Senate in 2027.

He added that Benue supported the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for 16 years, but has now changed its stance and would support candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027.

Suswam, who spoke during an interview with Arise News on Monday, declared that he is still strong enough as a politician to contest and win elections.

“Benue State, since I started politics in 1998, is a place where the people believe in one party,” he said. “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.

“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. 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,” he declared.