19 abducted staff rescued in Imo
On Saturday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revealed that 19 of its ad hoc staff members had been abducted while travelling to the Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo to conduct the House of Assembly election.
Prof. Sylvia Agu, the resident electoral commissioner for Imo in INEC, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Owerri.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learned that they were eventually released as a result of security officers' involvement, but election supplies, including BVAS machines, remain missing.
Agu said: “The attention of the commission has been drawn to a report from Ugbelle Registration Area (06) in Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo state where thugs carted away all electoral materials and took our staff, hostage, for some hours during the March 18 House of Assembly election.
“The security forces were informed and a rescue operation was mounted.
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