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Terror Attack: Two of out staff missing in Imo will soon rejoin their families – INEC

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April 16, 2022
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Friday said it has established contact with two of its staff missing after Thursday’s attack by gunmen in Ihitte Uboma in Imo State and assured that they will soon rejoin their loved ones.
The gunmen, who stormed the commission’s registration centre in the Local Government Area, killed a staff of the electoral body, while two others got missing.
However, INEC said in a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. Festus Okoye, that it made contact with the missing staff and assured that they would soon rejoin their families.
The INEC statement, however, did not disclose where the staff members were, who abducted them, whether they had been released or still with their abductors or hiding places. 
okoye didequally ually disclose on what ground they were released or would be released and whether any ransom was paid.

He said: “The Commission has now established contact with two of our staff missing after yesterday’s attack in Ihitte Uboma. 
“They are safe and will soon be reunited with their families.
“The safety of our staff remains a primary concern to the Commission. 
“We will continue to ensure that no staff is put in harm’s way while working with the security agencies and community leaders to protect them and facilitate their work.”
He added, “further to the unfortunate incident in Imo State in which our staff was killed by gunmen in Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area yesterday, the Commission has decided to suspend the on-going Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in all the 54 additional centres created to facilitate the registration of voters across the State.” –
According to him: “The exercise will now be confined to our State and Local Government Area offices except in Orsu, Njaba and Ihitte Uboma where it is suspended indefinitely.
“This decision follows a further report from the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Francis C. Ezeonu, of threats to our staff involved in the exercise in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area.”
Politocal pundits say that insecurity will be one of the greatest challenges that INEC will face in conducting the 2023 elections.
And there is no guarantee that the federal government has found any solution to the ravaging insecurity, which unfortunately had followed similar patter over the years.

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