Eighteen National Youth Service Corps members engaged by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as adhoc staff were on Saturday abducted while working as adhoc staff in the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Akwa Ibom State.
State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr Mike Igini, made his known to newsmen yesterday in Uyo, the state capital. Igini explained that 10 of the corps members were abducted at Abak Local Government Area, four in Itu LGA, four in Ikono LGA while another set of two corps members were invited to the State Police Command headquarters for questioning over a mixup in election materials.
The commissioner hinted that while some of the kidnapped corps members had since been rescued following intervention by security operatives, the two corps members invited to the state police headquarters were released when he intervened. Igini disclosed that in Uruan LGA, a University of Uyo lecturer, Mr Kufre Etuk, escaped death as he was badly bartered with his head broken. Kufre who escaped from the hoodlums reportedly slept in the bush that night until the following morning when he managed to report to INEC.
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