Justice P. T. Kwahar of the Benue State High Court, sitting in Makurdi, has fixed May 23, 2024, for the hearing of a suit challenging the unconstitutional sacking of elected local government officials in the state and the subsequent appointment of caretaker committees in violation of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The suit, marked MHC/346/2023, was filed by activist, Sesugh Akume against the Governor of Benue and four others. Akume alleges that the sacking of elected council chairmen and councillors in the state by Governor Hyacinth Ali’s administration and their replacement with cronies …