Senator Emmanuel Yisa Orker-Jev | |
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Nigerian Senator | |
In office June 2019 – Till date | |
Preceded by | George Akume |
Constituency | Benue Northwest |
Honourable, Federal House of Representatives | |
In office May 2007 – May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Zakarie Andiir Malherbe |
Succeeded by | Kpam Jimin Sokpo [1] |
Personal details | |
Born | 15 April 1963 |
Political party | Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) |
Emmanuel Yisa Orker-Jev is a Nigerian politician and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). [2] [3] He defeated George Akume in the 2019 general elections for the Benue North-West Senatorial District by polling 157,726 votes to the Akume's 115,422. [4] The total valid votes cast was 287,028 votes. [5]
Orker-Jev hails from Benue State and attended NKST Primary School from 1970 to 1976 and proceeded to Bristow Secondary School to obtain his West African Senior Certificate (WASC). He proceeded to the University of Jos 1985 to Study Law, he graduated in 1988 before he proceeded to the Nigerian Law School and was called to the Nigerian bar in 1989. [6] [7]