Bayelsa result sheets lost during boat accident, SPO kidnapped – INEC

Bayelsa result sheets lost during boat accident, SPO kidnapped – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that result sheets and other sensitive electoral materials were lost after a boat capsized in Bayelsa on Friday.

According to a statement signed by Wilfred Ifogah, the commission’s head of voter education and publicity in the state, while the electoral materials were lost in the incident, none of all the 12 officials aboard the boat was hurt.

“The Independent National Electoral Commission, Bayelsa State Office, commenced the movement of Personnel and electoral materials to the Registration Area Centers (RACS),” the statement read in part.

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“However we wish to confirm that a boat carrying election personnel to Registration Area-17, Koluama, Southern Ijaw LGA, capsized.

“Fortunately no life was lost as all the election personnel numbering 12 and the boat operator were rescued.

“We, however, lost our result sheets, power banks and luggage containing personal effects of staff.”

Ifogah also said that one of its supervising presiding officers (SPOs) assigned to Registration Area-06, Ossioma, Sagbama LGA of the state, was abducted in an attempt to board a boat at Amassoma Jetty.

“INEC also reports that its SPO assigned to Registration Area-06, Ossioma, Sagbama LGA, was abducted while waiting to board a boat at Amassoma Jetty. The security agencies have been notified,” the agency said.

Bayelsa result sheets lost during boat accident, SPO kidnapped – INEC