Court Reinstates Impeached Kogi Deputy Governor Achuba
February 28, 2020
4:09 am
A Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja has belatedly declared as illegal, null, void and of no effect, the removal of Elder Simon Achuba as the Deputy Governor by the state House of Assembly .
The Court also declared that the subsequent nomination of Chief Edward Onoja and his inauguration as the Deputy Governor as replacement for Achuba, did not follow due process.
Justice John Olorunfemi of Kogi High Court IV made the declaration on Thursday in Lokoja in his judgement on the suit brought by Achuba challenging his purported removal on October 18, by the state House of Assembly.…
