Rt Hon David Iorhemba Emerges Speaker Benue State House Of Assembly.

After days of negotiations and lobbying, Mr. David Iorhemba, representing Guma Constituency, has emerged the new  Speaker of Benue State House of Assembly. He was inaugurated today.

Iorhemba emerged few days after receiving the endorsement of the leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, in Guma Local Government Area to contest the position, following last Tuesday's annulment of the election of the former speaker, Terhemen Terzoo, from Makurdi South Constituency, by the Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi.

Tarzoo lost his Makurdi North position to Mr. Avine Agbom of ACN.

Confirming the development, a member of the Assembly and leading member of the ruling PDP told newsmen that the lawmaker emerged through consensus.

He said: "We have elected David Iorhemba as the  Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, that is our position after the ouster of the last speaker by the appellate court."

Iorhemba had indicated strong interest in the speakership position of the assembly when it was inaugurated in June, but stepped down at the last minute for the ousted speaker. 

Hon. Iorhemba who hails from Guma Local Government Area of Benue state was born on 23 rd December 1966 at Yogbo-Mbagwen.

He attended the NKST Primary School, Isherev, from 1971 to 1977 and obtained the First School Leaving Certificate. The legislator proceeded to Government College, Makurdi, 1977-1982, for the General Certificate of Education, GCE ‘O’ Level. From 1984 to 1986 he read and obtained the National Diploma in Purchasing and Supply from the Kaduna Polytechnic. After a brief stint with the Benue Bottling Company Makurdi, Hon Iorhemba was admitted into the University of Jos, 1992-1994, for a Diploma in Law.

He later bagged a Bachelor of Law, LL.B from the same university where he studied from 1995-2000. Hon. Iorhemba later attended the Nigerian Law School, Bwari, Abuja 2002-2003, after which he became a Barrister at Law having been called to bar in 2003. He is currently pursuing a Masters in Law at the University of Jos.

Hon Iorhemba worked with the Benue State judiciary at various levels as court bailiff, from 1987-1988; Court Registrar, 1989-1992; Court member, 1994-1995.

He was Area Court Judge in 1995; and Magistrate, from 2003-2007.

Hon Iorhemba was also Principal Partner, D.K Iorhemba & Co from 2007-Feb. 2009.

He was elected into the House of Assembly on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP as a replacement of the late Hon Steven Yogbo who passed on after a protracted illness.

Married and blessed with four children, the legislator enjoys playing badminton, watching football, reading newspapers & novels, discussing international politics as hobbies.