Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia has approved the removal of the chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, Dr John Chem.
Recall that the Benue State House of Assembly had on Wednesday recommended the removal of the SIEC chairman, after accusing him of being bias.
A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Kula Tersoo on Friday said the governor has approved Chem’s removal inline with the recommendation of the House.
The statement read in parts, “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.”
