The suspended local government chairmen in Benue State have accused the state Governor, Hyacinth Alia, of illegality and impunity. They made the
The suspended local government chairmen in Benue State have accused the state Governor, Hyacinth Alia, of illegality and impunity.
Acting on the recommendation of the state House of Assembly, Alia suspended all the local government chairmen and their councillors in the state indefinitely. Responding, the chairmen under the aegis of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, vowed never to surrender to such illegality, stressing that they would not leave office.
Uba said there was a subsisting court judgment that they should complete their tenure without hindrance.
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