6 missing as police rescue 99 kidnapped INEC officials in Kogi
Police, yesterday, in Kogi State said they have rescued 99 staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, who were kidnapped in the early hour of the day. The INEC staff were returning from communities in Lokoja 11 state constituency, when they were kidnapped around 2a.m., at Obajana junction, 20 kilometres from the state capital. The police in a statement by the state's Public Relations Officer, William Anya, said: “On March 19, 2023, INEC officials and ad-hoc staff came under heavy attack by armed hoodlums at Obajana while on their way from Kupa North and South wards to the Constituency Collation Centre in Lokoja. The Police escort attached to the team responded robustly and engaged the hoodlums in a fierce gun battle. “On receipt of the distress call, reinforcement teams were promptly mobilised and sent to the scene, which equally engaged the attackers and owing to the superior fire power of the police, the attackers were forced to flee with injuries. “The Commis...