Nigeria, June 27 -- The National Judicial Council (NJC) has resolved to report the Benue State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Fidelis Mnyim, to the Legal Practitioners' Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) for his alleged involvement in a plot for an undue removal of the Chief Judge of the state, Maurice Ikpambese.

NJC's Deputy Director of Information, Kemi Babalola-Ogedengbe, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

The statement said the NJC took the decision among several other resolutions at its 109th meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday. The meeting was presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and the chairperson of the NJC, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun.

"Council was particularly concerned about the role of the Attorney...