Fresh facts have emerged why former Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State has been arrested and detained by Department of State Service (DSS).

We gathered that the former governor received a call from a notorious militia in the state who had since been declared wanted by security agencies for wanton killings in Benue and neighbouring states and the two-term governor picked without suspecting that his line had been under surveillance.

The politician had been under the radar of the DSS since some guns and exotic vehicles were retrieved and taken away from a palatial property in Maitama District said to belong to him.

He was questioned and released in the wake of the incident, he had been under the active watch of the security agencies, which were trying to establish if he had any links with individuals and gangs responsible for the spate of killings in the state. But his innocence came under question recently when the security agents intercepted the call made by the wanted militia leader to him.

Besides, we were told that two serving lawmakers in the National Assembly from Benue State who are uncomfortable with Suswam’s political influence, sent separate petitions to the security agencies to look into his activities and relationships with certain groups in the state.