Former governor of Benue State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Gabriel Suswam, has told the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, that the planned opposition coalition would be the party to beat in the 2027 elections.

Suswam, who made this statement while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, urged APC to be concerned about the growing strength of the coalition.

The former lawmaker noted that most Nigerians are dissatisfied with the current administration’s economic policies, and the coalition would capitalise on that discontent.

“This is not the first time you are going to have a scenario such as this. Nigerians, based on the economic policies of this administration, are very dissatisfied.

“There is no Nigerian that is not affected by the economic policies of this administration and so I believe that the coalition will be the party to beat, and so if I am in the ruling party I should be worried about it,” Suswam said.

DAILY POST recalls that President Bola Tinubu, during his one-day visit to Nasarawa State on Wednesday, dismissed the coalition, describing those at the forefront of the move as “internally displaced politicians”.

The former Benue governor, while reacting to Tinubu’s remarks, recalled how he and other PDP leaders had dismissed the opposition merger that led to the formation of the APC ahead of the 2015 elections, only for the PDP to suffer defeat.

“We were doing the same thing when we were in government, we were dismissing APC then completely. People didn’t just give them any chance at all but they won that election,” he said.

According to him, the individuals who eventually constitute the coalition will determine whether the ruling party should be genuinely concerned.

Suswam added that the APC ought to be worried, as many of its current members are showing interest in the coalition.