SAN FRANCISCO, November 16, (THEWILL) – The electoral commission, INEC, has declared 30 of its staff, who took part in Saturday’s Kogi State governorship election, missing.
They were declared missing around 1 a.m. on Sunday during the final collation of results from Kogi state while collation in Bayelsa has also been slated for Sunday.
The missing INEC staff include Presiding Officers (POs) and Assistant Presiding Officers (APOs) of polling units in Imane ward 1 and 2 of Olamaboro LGA of Kogi State.
Just as the whereabouts of the officials are unknown, results from the polling units where they served have also been declared missing.
Announcing the development, the LGA Election Officer, in-charge of collating and announcing the local government’s results, Garba Mahmood, said the INEC ad-hoc staff were reported missing after the observation of some police officers who raised concern that they were last seen shortly after voting ended at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Mahmood said repeated calls to their telephone numbers did not go through and declared them missing having informed party agents.
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