President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has relocated the Kogi Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal from Lokoja to Abuja.
Secretary of the Tribunal, David Umar Mike, said that its sittings would now be at the National Judicial Institute on Umar Yar’Adua Way but gave no reason behind the relocation.
However, a source said that members of staff of the tribunal had been attacked on several occasions in Lokoja.
“Just 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 subpoena, official stamps, were all stolen.
“Generally, thugs are frustrating the job and the lives of our officials are at stake, making it difficult to work there,” the source said,” the source said.
