From Uche Nnorom, Makurdi
Social activist, Bemgba Iortyom and Civil Rights activist Adebayo Ogorry have sued the Benue State Governor Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia before the State High Court seeking the intervention of the Honourable Court to declare as null and void the Executive Order proclaimed by Governor Alia recently which content, they said are a violation of the fundamental human rights of Nigerian citizens in Benue State.
In the suit in which the Benue State Government and the Commissioner for Justice and Public Order are joined as defendants, the plaintiffs (Bemgba and Ogorry) are also, seeking a declaration by the court to the effect that the Executive Order constitutes abuse of power and are an attempt to exercise law making powers not donated to the governor by the constitution of Nigeria.
The plaintiffs explained that they are convinced that their action is taken as a duty to save the state from the threat of Executive recklessness and authoritarianism manifest in Governor Alia’s action, which if not nipped in the bud will undermine the cherished foundations and values of constitutional democracy”.
