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BAUCHI: Armed security men abduct 4 INEC officials, electoral materials
At least four Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials were on Saturday kidnapped by armed men in Bauchi State.
The officials whose name are yet be ascertained as at the time of this report, were kidnapped at Jamare Local Government Registration Area 02 with Polling Unit Code 010.
According to a staff of the commission who escaped, the armed security operatives came in seven Toyota Hilux vans.
Read also: BENUE: Suspected thugs attack escorts, vehicles conveying electoral materials
Narrating the incident to news men the staff said, “Four of our staff in Jamare LGA Registration Area 02 with Polling Unit Code 010 have been abducted with voting materials. The place was invaded by heavily armed security operatives who came in seven Toyota Hilux Vans, and took the four INEC officials to Jamare LGA to perfect their plots.”
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