The immediate past Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Hyacinth Aondona Dajoh, and 36 others have been successfully affirmed as House of Assembly candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state.
The former speaker, who had earlier withdrawn from the All Progressives Congress House of Assembly primary election, defected to the PDP.
Dajoh personally resigned as Speaker of the state assembly in August 2025 following a crisis that rocked the Assembly, and was succeeded by Alfred Emberga.
Among the successful candidates is the media consultant for the PDP in the state, Bemgba Iortyom.
This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the State Publicity Secretary, Bright Yima Antyo, and made available to journalists in Makurdi.
