Nigeria: Supreme Court Upholds Cancellation of Benue Assembly Seat

6 July 2015

Abuja — The Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove the Otukpa Constituency seat from the Benue State House of Assembly.

The court's decision finally laid to rest the move by a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Audu Ogbeh, who is now a leader in the All Progressives Congress (APC), and some other leaders of his Otukpo community in Benue State, to get the constituency restored.

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