The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has confirmed that the 30 ad-hoc staff engaged posted to Polling Units 002, 006 and 013 at Olamaboro III; and Polling Units 006, 012, 015, 016, 022 at Imani 1 all in Olamaboro Local Government Area have been accounted for.
The electoral umpire noted that they are safe, sound and back in their respective homes.
A statement issued on Sunday by the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi L. Oyekanmi, said that the Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, had personally spoken with some of them and they confirmed that they are hale and hearty.
The statement read in parts: “These election-day duty staff could not be accounted for initially following the violent attacks by some armed thugs at their respective duty posts after the close of polls.
“The Commission has established that none of them was either injured or killed. They were able to successfully conclude the result collation process before the commotion started.
“The collated election results at Local Government Level are now being announced at the State Collation Centre at the Commission’s State Office in Lokoja.”
