Benue: Zone B Tribunal throws out councillorship case over unpaid security cost

The Benue Zone B Local Government Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed a petition challenging the outcome of a councillorship election, ruling that the case was a pre-election matter and that the petitioner failed to pay the required security cost.

In its ruling, the tribunal held that the petitioner failed to prove that the All Progressives Congress, APC in Benue State had formally submitted his name to the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission, BSIEC.

The…