Nigeria, March 17 -- Members of the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations took to the streets in Abuja to protest against the relocation of the Benue State Local Government Elections Petition Tribunal to Abuja on Monday.

The protesters called on President Bola Tinubu, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, and the National Judicial Council (NJC) to intervene and address what they described as actions threatening the integrity of the judiciary in Benue State.

Under the banner of the #SaveTheNigerianJudiciaryRally, the protesters marched around the Federal Secretariat Complex, passed the National Assembly junction, and proceeded to the Presidential Villa gate. During the protest, they submitted a petition to the NJC...