An official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who was kidnapped on the eve of the Bayelsa state governorship election has been released.
INEC announced that the supervisory presiding officers who was abducted at the Amassoma jetty in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, regained his freedom on Saturday.
Wilfred Ifogah, INEC’s Head of Department of Voter Education and Publicity in Bayelsa State was confirmed in a statement.
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Ifogah, in an official statement, said: “The Independent National Electoral Commission, Bayelsa State Office, is pleased to inform stakeholders and concerned citizens in Nigeria that the INEC SPO earlier abducted on the eve of the election has been freed and is doing fine.”
DAILY REPORT NG earlier reported that INEC had reported the abduction of one of its supervisory presiding officers in Bayelsa State on the eve of the election.
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