{"id":103242,"date":"2023-12-06T21:35:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T20:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kogi-governorship-election-petitions-tribunal-relocates-to-abuja"},"modified":"2023-12-07T00:30:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T23:30:16","slug":"kogi-governorship-election-petitions-tribunal-relocates-to-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-governorship-election-petitions-tribunal-relocates-to-abuja","title":{"rendered":"Kogi Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal relocates to Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, the President of the Court of Appeal, has relocated the Kogi Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal from Lokoja to Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by David Umar Mike, secretary of the tribunal, said that its sitting would now be at the National Judicial Institute on Umar Yar\u2019Adua Way.<\/p>\n<p>It urged litigants to take note of the venue change.<\/p>\n<p>The statement was silent on the reason behind the relocation but a top source at the tribunal said the step was necessitated by \u201csecurity reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The source said that members of staff of the tribunal had been attacked on several occasions in Lokoja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust last Monday, tribunal officials were attacked on the way to the office. Armed men just pounced on the officials. They robbed them of everything. They took away all the documents that were in the car. Copies of petitions and personal belongings, official receipts, processes like subpoenas, and official stamps were all stolen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGenerally, thugs are frustrating the job and the lives of our officials are at stake, making it difficult to work there,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, the President of the Court of Appeal, has relocated the Kogi Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal from Lokoja to Abuja. A statement by David Umar Mike, secretary of the tribunal, said that its sitting would now be at the National Judicial Institute on Umar Yar\u2019Adua Way. 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