Kogi election petition tribunal relocates to Abuja after plan to sit in Lokoja
- The location for the Kogi election petition tribunal for the general elections has been moved to Abuja
- The tribunal was to sit in Lokoja, the state capital of Kogi before it was moved to the FCT
- Reports have that the move may be connected with the ongoing strike action of the judiciary in the state
The Kogi election petition tribunal for the 2019 general elections has been moved to Abuja.
The secretary of the tribunal, Aisha Mana, confirmed this in a statement issued in Lokoja on Wednesday, March 6, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Mana said that the tribunal, which was earlier scheduled to sit in Lokoja, will now hold its sessions at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
She, however, did not give any reason for the relocation of the tribunal.
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But the NAN checks have revealed that the action may not be unconnected with the ongoing strike by judiciary workers in the state.
It was reported that the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) Kogi chapter, had embarked on an indefinite strike on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 over unpaid salary arrears of six months.
NAN also recalls that the Kogi tribunal was set up to hear complaints arising from the 2019 national and state assembly elections.
In the statement, Mana advised security agencies and other stakeholders to take note of the relocation of the tribunal to Abuja.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, Taraba state, on Wednesday, March 6, disqualified the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi from contesting the March 9, governorship election.
The ruling, according to the court was based on alleged falsification of age in the documents which the APC governorship candidate supplied to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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