Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, the President of the Court of Appeal, has relocated the Kogi Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal from Lokoja to Abuja.
The court decision was made known in a statement released by the Tribunal Secretary, Mr David Umar.
In the statement, Umar said that its sittings would now be at the National Judicial Institute on Umar Yar’Adua Way, Abuja.
He advised both parties to take note of the change in venue.
The statement did not revealed reason behind the relocation.
According to the statement: “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.
