Security Beefed Up In Makurdi As Benue Assembly Speaker Resigns
LBy: Olufemi Orunsola
Following heightened tension that greeted the resignation of the embattled Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Hon. Aondona Dajoh, the security architecture within Makurdi, the state capital has been Beefed up.
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports as gathered that Dajoh submitted a handwritten resignation letter on his official letterhead, dated August 24 and addressed to the Clerk of the House.
The letters reads in part, “I write to resign my position as the Speaker of the Benue House of Assembly, effective today, August 24, 2025. This is done in good faith and in the best interest of the state."
"I want to appreciate my dear colleagues for the opportunity they gave me to be the first among equals."
“I pledge to remain committed to my duties as a legislator and representative of Gboko West State Constituency.”
It would be recalled that the Speaker had recently survived an impeachment attempt after which he had suspended three lawmakers.
Governor Hyacinth Alia and his loyalists were in a closed-door meeting to pick a replacement for Dajoh while heavily armed soldiers drawn from the 72 Special Battalion were deployed in strategic locations across Makurdi to forestal breakdown of law and order.
Similarly, troops were also seen at the Tito railway bypass, the Wurukum roundabout, the commissioner’s quarters, and other key points as measures to prevent unrest.
As at the time of filing this report, the Speaker’s Chief Press Secretary, Terver Zamber, said he was still confirming details with Dajoh
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