The Benue State House of Assembly on Thursday, refused to endorse one the nominees of Governor Hyacinth Alia as a member of the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), Vincent Gisaor, for allegedly insulting the Tiv tribe in a Facebook post.
Gisaor who was one of the eight nominees presented to the House by Alia, was rejected by the lawmakers during the screening following alleged derogatory post he reportedly made about the Tiv ethnic group in the state.
The issue was raised during the screening session by the lawmaker representing Konshisha State Constituency, a predominantly Tiv zone Cephas Dyako, who called the Assembly’s attention to the Facebook post allegedly made by Gisaor.
