The police in Anambra State say they have rescued an ad-hoc staffer of the Independent National Electoral Commission who was abducted earlier on Saturday by hoodlums.
Menirika Njideka, who was a presiding officer for the State House of Assembly election was abducted at Afor market square unit, Mbaukwu, in Awka South Local Government Area.
“She was subsequently treated at the Police Clinic Awka and discharged,” Mr Mohammed said of the injured victim.A corps member was abducted during the Presidential and National Assembly elections on February 23 but was later released.Mr Mohammed said 47 persons were arrested at various parts of the state for various offences ranging from disruption of elections, malicious damage, thuggery, assault, and unlawful possession of firearms.
The incident, the spokesman said, happened at Nwanebo Primary School 1 and 2, inside Immaculate Heart Catholic Church premises Ula in Ekwulobia.“The pallets of the expanded cartridges also brushed five other persons who came to vote at the polling booth and sustained minor injuries and were treated.”
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