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The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the list of 30
ad-hoc staff of the Commission who took
part in Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi
state.
The affected staff were mainly
those posted to the Olamaboro council area
of the state by the Commission.
They were
declared missing around 1:00am on Sunday morning
during the final collation of results in the local
government.
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.
Many of the ad-hoc staff used by INEC are NYSC members.
This
is also as a minute silence was observed for an ad-hoc staff who was killed in
Ibaji council area.
The 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 on Saturday.
Mahmood said repeated calls to their telephone numbers did not go through.
According to those who witnessed the declaration by Mahmood,
the official asked party agents whether or not the missing staff should be
waited for. Based on their response, he declared them missing.
Mahmood then released the names of the missing persons.
According to Premium Times, an online news portal, it
tried to contact the spokesperson to the INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, on the
status of the missing staff, but he did
not answer calls or reply to a text message sent to him.
The police spokesperson in Kogi, William Aya, could also not
be reached on the status of the missing persons.
Hereunder
is the list of the missing ad-hoc staff as provided by INEC and the police at the Olamaboro
collation centre.
Olamaboro III
Unit 002- (1) Oladipo Victor
(2) Achimi Samson P-08136653704
(3) Umar Faruk Sani-08032745663
(4) Adama Ibrahim
Unit 006- (1) Abayomi Roseline E.
(2) Onuche Abel E
(3) Onojah Emmanuel
(4) Umoru Mariam-
Unit 013- (1) Effiong Akwaowo-Ukpe
(2) Mattew Agada
(3) Samuel Ibrahim
(4) Sado Bello
Imane 1
Unit 006- (1) Nzeofia Kingsley- Presiding Officer (PO)
(2) Hassan Musa- Assistant Presiding Officer 1 (APO 1)
(3) Ekele Michael – Assistant Presiding Officer 2(APO 2)
(4) Ahmed Mattew – Assistant Presiding Officer 3(APO 3 )
Unit 012 -(1) Ovioawho Omonefe B.- Presiding Officer (PO)
(2) Baba Eric -Assistant Presiding Officer 1 (APO 1)
(3) Gabriel Samuel Assistant Presiding Officer 2 (APO 2)
Unit 015-(1) Nwafor Emmanuel- Presiding Officer (PO)
(2) Agada Ochegeugwa- Assistant Presiding Officer 1(APO 1)
(3) Ojih Martina- Assistant Presiding Officer 2(APO 2)
Unit 016 (1) Ezugwu Stanley- Presiding Officer (PO)
(2) Mohammed Abdullahi- Assistant Presiding Officer 1(APO 1)
(3) Mohammed Ibrahim- Assistant Presiding Officer 2(APO 2)
(4) Adejoh Joy- Assistant Presiding Officer 3(APO 3)
Unit 022 (1) Adebisi Comfort – Presiding Officer (PO)
(2) Yusuf Sofiat- Assistant Presiding Officer 1(APO 1)
(3) Onoja Alice- Assistant Presiding Officer 2(APO 2)
(4) Onuche Vincent- Assistant Presiding Officer 3(APO 3)
.With additional report from Premium Times Værdiborg
