Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has disclosed that the state's decision to suspend council chairmen and their councillors stand
According to the statement, the media aide said that the governor acted on the correspondence from the State Assembly that recommended the suspension of the council chairmen, pending when they will complete their investigations into cases of corruption alleged to have been committed by them.
“The governor is a man who obeys the law; he will never do anything to breach a court order. So, even if there exists a court order not to sack council chairmen, at least there is none barring anyone from investigating them.
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