Benue: Tribunal sacks Agatu LG Chairman Melvin Ejeh

The Benue State Local Government Elections Petition Tribunal, sitting at the NBA House in Abuja, on Sunday nullified the election of Melvin Ejeh as the Executive Chairman of Agatu Local Government Area.

The tribunal instead declared Napoleon Otache as the duly elected chairman of the council.

The tribunal’s ruling followed a petition challenging the legitimacy of the local government election in Agatu, one of the 23 LGAs in Benue State.

In a statement issued shortly…