Kidnapping: Police Says 3 INEC Ad-Hoc Staff Regain Freedom In Katsina - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 11, 2019
The Katsina StatePolice Command says three INEC ad hoc staff kidnapped during Saturday’sgovernorship and state assembly elections in the state has been released bytheir abductors.
It would be recalledthat gunmen killed one policeman in Danmusa Local Government Area of the stateand kidnapped three INEC ad hoc staff.
Katsina State PoliceSpokesman Gambo Isa said in a statement that the victims were taken to DanmusaHospital for medical attention and later reunited with their respectivefamilies.
He added that effortswere ongoing to arrest the hoodlums.
Polls: Centre DecriesElectoral Irregularities In Some States
The Centre forDemocracy and Development, CDD has expressed concern over what it calledelectoral irregularities in some states in the March 9 elections.
A member of the CDD’sElection Analysis Centre, ECA Joe Abah, made this known at a news briefing onthe EAC’s Update on the Saturday’s Governorship and the House of Assemblyelections in Abuja.
He cited example withImo state where after the commencement of voting, it was reported that therewas open ballot stuffing at polling unit 010A and 010B at Mbutu Ward, AbohMbaise Local Government Area of the state.
According to Abah, thepolice reportedly arrested no fewer than 105 political thugs in the state. Hesaid vote buying remained a significant concern during the elections in partsof the country.
He lamented thatbuying and selling of votes prevailed in spite the warning by INEC, securityagencies and the anti-corruption agencies.