The Executive Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, has approved the removal of John Chem, chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission.
The state House of Assembly had earlier accused Chem of “poor judgement” and recommended his removal from office.
Though Tersoo Kula, chief press secretary to Governor Alia, in a statement on Thursday said “is in receipt of a communication from the Benue State House of Assembly wherein the members sent some resolutions to him for further implementation”.
“These resolutions include, amongst others that the chairman of the Commission, Dr. John Chen should be removed from office,” he 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.
“Governor Alia has accepted the resolutions and directed the chairman of the commission to immediately hand over to the administrative secretary of the commission.”
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