{"id":1203,"date":"2023-03-18T20:02:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T19:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postnigeria.com\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2023-03-18T20:02:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T19:02:41","slug":"police-rescue-19-inec-ad-hoc-staff-kidnapped-in-imo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postnigeria.com\/2023\/03\/18\/police-rescue-19-inec-ad-hoc-staff-kidnapped-in-imo\/","title":{"rendered":"Police rescue 19 INEC ad-hoc staff kidnapped in Imo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>19 Ad-Hoc staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, who were abducted in the State early on Saturday morning have been freed by Imo State Police Command men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chinenye Chijioke-Osuji, a spokesperson for INEC in the State, verified the development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She claimed that after receiving a distress call, they were rescued and that the security personnel were informed of the situation and promptly went to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The electoral commission&#8217;s Ad-Hoc staff members were abducted while en route to seven separate polling places in Ugbelie ward 06 of the State&#8217;s Ideato South Local Government Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She continued by saying that some election-related materials, such as sensitive and BVAS materials, were not found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>19 Ad-Hoc staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, who were abducted in the State early on Saturday morning have been freed by Imo State Police Command men. 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