The governor of Benue State, Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has removed the chairman of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC), Dr John Chen.
The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Tersoo Kula confirmed the removal of the Chairman in a statement in Makurdi.
He said the removal of Chen follows the recommendations of the State House of Assembly.
Kula explained that the governor accepted the resolutions of the Assembly and directed the Chairman of the commission to immediately hand over to the Administrative secretary of the commission.
The statement said : “The Assembly accused the BSIEC Chairman of lacking good judgement as to which decision will appeal to the greater majority of all stakeholders, and also that his actions so far in office fall short of the public interest.”. (vitalnewsngr.com)
