The Speaker of Benue State House of Assembly, Hon. Hyacinth Dajoh has resigned from his position.
Hon. Dajoh announced his resignation on Sunday in a letter addressed to The Clerk, Benue State House of Assembly, Makurdi, dated August 24, 2025.
The letter reads, “I write to resign by position as Speaker of Benue State House of Assembly effective today 24th August, 2024.
“This is done in good faith and in the best interest of the state. I want to appreciate my colleagues for the opportunity they gave me to be first among equals. I pledge to remain committed to my duties as a legislator and representative of Gboko West State Constituency”, he wrote.
The relationship between the speaker and the governor had been very cordial untill lately when some commissioner nominees were rejected by the House of the Assembly.
Pointblanknews.com learnt that the Benue State Governor, Rev. Hyacinth Alia had submitted eight commissioner nominees to the House. Initially, the Assembly stalled screening in early August 2025, demanding that the governor respect its resolutions, specifically implementing suspensions of government officials accused of misconduct and providing official vehicles for seven lawmakers—before proceeding.
After the governor partially complied by suspending the officials for one month, the Assembly resumed scrutiny and two nominees were rejected: Prof. Timothy Ornguga who faced multiple petitions from former students alleging academic victimisation, psychological abuse, manipulation of exam results and James Dwen accused in two petitions of embezzling local government funds during his tenure as a council chairman
Six candidates were thereafter cleared and it was learnt that the governor may have seen the rejection as a spite on his personality.Shortly after, there was an unsuccessful attempt to impeach the Speaker last Friday.
As a result of the ill-fated move, four members of the State Assembly, namely: Hons. Alfred Berger representing Makurdi North State Constituency, Cyril Ekong of Oju 2, Abu Umoru of Apa, and Shimawua Terna of Kyan State Constituency, were suspended for three months during plenary same day for initiating impeachment moves.
Meanwhile, the governor has denied links to the failed impeachment move against the Speaker.
