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Benue 2023: Prof Terhemba Shija’s governorship campaign poster surfaces
Campaign poster of Prof. Terhemba Shija for Governor Benue 2023 gubernatorial election has surfaced online.
According to the information on the poster, Prof Shija will be contesting on the platform of the All Progressive Congress, APC.
The campaign poster with the tag “STEP OUT AND RECLAIM BENUE”, is powered by Love Peace.
However, at the time of filing this report, Prof Shija has not made any comment on the poster or declared his intention publicly. But Idoma Voice gathered that the “Zege Kwaghfan U Tiv” is one of the top choices to replace Governor Samuel Ortom in the Benue Peoples’ House in 2023.
Terhemba Shija is an academic, poet, novelist, critic and politician who, as of 2014, lectured at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi.
Shija served as a Member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria in 1992 Benue state.[2]
He also served as Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Benue State, during the administration of Governor George Akume, resigning in December 2002.