Bandits kidnap INEC staff in Kogi
Staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have been reportedly kidnapped by unidentified gunmen.
Dailypost reported that the staff were kidnapped along Aloma Road in Kogi State, while travelling from Abuja to Anambra State on an official assignment ahead of the forthcoming governorship election.
The victims, according to the report are all female staff.
The assailants were said to have blocked the highway, fired shots at the vehicle, and shattered its windscreen. None of the occupants of the vehicle was hit by the bullets.
The INEC officials were reportedly deployed to Anambra for the printing of the voters’ register and other election materials in preparation for the governorship poll scheduled for the first week of November.
The gunmen were said to have abducted all the occupants of the bus, including the driver and his wife.
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