The Benue Government says it is not aware of the alleged relocation of the state local government election petitions tribunals to Abuja.
Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Fidelis Mnyim, stated this in a chat with reporters on Thursday in Makurdi.
Mnyim said that they woke with the rumours that the tribunals have been relocated to Abuja.
NAN reports that there are three panels handling LG election petitions tribunal representing the three senatorial districts of the state.
The attorney general told reporters that neither the governor nor his office received any correspondence notifying them of the decision to relocate the tribunals to Abuja.
He said that the state government ought to have been informed of the relocation and reasons for the decision, stating that the state government and all the respondents were unaware of what was really happening regarding the tribunals.
“The state government that finances the tribunals has to be informed of the decision to relocate the tribunals and the reasons for the relocation, but none of that happened.
“Even my office was not informed. We went to the court and discovered that nobody was there.
“Aside from being the A-G of the state, I am the counsel to the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC), so as a respondent, we retain the right to be informed of any decision of such nature,” he said.
