🏛️ Political Leaders

A. I. Katsina-Alu

1941 – 2018

Jurist and the first Benue State indigene appointed to the Supreme Court of Nigeria, who served as the 11th Chief Justice of Nige…

Ambrose Feese

1944 – present

Chartered accountant who served as Federal Minister of Works and Housing during the 1998-99 military transition government of Gen…

Aper Aku

1938 – 1988

Educator and politician who became the first civilian Governor of Benue State, elected in 1979 and re-elected in 1983, before bei…

Asema Achado

Arc.

1962 – present

Architect and legislator representing Gwer East/Gwer West in the House of Representatives since 2015, and Fellow of the Nigerian …

Barnabas Gemade

1948 – present

Engineer and politician who served as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from 1999 to 2001, contested the pa…

Chaha Biam

1940 – 2022

Politician who served as Speaker of the Nigerian federal House of Representatives during the final months of the Second Republic,…

Daniel Saror

Prof.

1941 – present

Veterinary surgeon and academic who served as the 7th Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (1991-1995) before representing …

Dickson Tarkighir

1969 – present

Businessman and legislator representing Makurdi/Guma in the House of Representatives, serving since 2015, whose legislative work …

E. T. Orodi

E. T. Orodi was a First Republic federal parliamentarian representing the Ukum-Shitire constituency.

Emmanuel Allagh

Former and prominent Commissioner of the Nigerian Police Force.

Emmanuel Udende

1960 – present

Lawyer and politician who defeated a sitting senator and former state governor to win the Benue North-East senatorial seat in 202…

Farida Waziri

AIG (rtd)

1949 – present

Nigerian law enforcement officer who served as Executive Chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from …