Successor Tussle: Suswam's Camp in Disarray

*As Eugene Aliegba sponsors campaign of calumny against other aspirants

Gov. Gabriel Suswam

The battle to succeed the Benue state governor, Rt. Hon. Gabriel Suswam, has long began and may have reached its crescendo as intrigues and under hand tactics are now been employed by most contestants especially those acclaimed to be anointed by Suswam.
Before the infamous ward congresses that are threatening to tear the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) apart, nearly all the candidates of the party especially those who were once in the employ of the state government,  claimed to have been drafted into the race by the governor. While little or nothing was done to debunk such claims, Suswam became the selling point of most candidates except for former Minister of State for Trade and Investment,  Chief Samuel Ortom,  who has since his entrance into the race been known to be out of favour with Suswam.
However most recently the dust has begun to settle and as the numbers of Suswam boys has gradually whittled down with many claiming independence due to since the hand writing on the wall has clearly proven that they are not anointed.

Mr. High Bem
Built Suswam's Ashi Polytechnic

Chief amongst them is Mr. High Bem,  who spent a fortune on the governor's elder brother, Chief Terkura Suswam and even built the Chief's Ashi polytechnic, all in a bid to curry favour, also tugging to Suswam's cloak was former permanent secretary Prince Andy Uwouku,  who was always eager to flaunt and trace his genealogy to the Suswam's Diaka dynasty, until his unfortunate fulani saga.
Unfortunately it now seems that it may be difficult after all for Suswam to chose and anoint a successor as those linked to him have already began mudslinging and blackmail to ruin each other's reputation. This trend is now popular among those now remaining as the inner three of Suswam's anointed; Rt. Hon. Terhemen Tarzoor, Bar. Ter Adum and Dr. Eugene Aliegba. This trio have most recently employed shenanigans aimed at running down each other and blackmailing one another with the aim to ruin the reputations of perceived contenders to Suswam's love.

Dr. Eugene Aliegba

Only recently makurdi, woke up to news of Tarzoor's membership of a notorious cult group which has tormented the state for a long while. He was not only associated with this group but posters and flyer have been circulated around town and drinking joints claiming that the cult groups in the state were threatening to cause mayhem if he wins in the elections.  This unfortunate news has however been linked to the Dr. Aliegba camp who have seen Tarzoor as the reason for their loss of favour from Suswam.
Only recently a source close to the Consolidation Secretariat said they had over heard the Aliegba team boast of running down any threat and have even engaged the services of certain journalists to malign those they identify as threats.
Aliegba and his campaign team are believed to be hitting at these contenders because they have all of a sudden been sidelined by the governor, who only last week gave standing orders that Aliegba and his promoters be barred from the government house.

Rt. Hon. Terhemen Tarzoor

Aliegba whose campaign is widely known to be enjoying the financial largesse of the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs courtesy of the just sacked Special Adviser,  Prince Solomon Wombo,  is said to be fighting Tarzoor seems the latter has now become the beneficiary of that purse courtesy of Hon. Kester Kyenge,  who now sits on the allocation head and is secretly now channeling that which used to be Aliegba's to "the man wey sabi"(as Tarzoor is fondly called), through his younger brother, Torwua Kyenge who sits on Tarzoor's directorate.
It is however unclear how long this will continue, however what is obvious is that coupled with the recent declaration by the president stating that governor's interested  in going to the Senate will have to forfeit their opportunity to install a successor there is certainly going to be more drama and under hand play with below the belt punches featuring prominently.