Hoodlums- kill INEC official in Imo state, says election will not hold in 2023
Punks more than four in number on Thursday raged the Ihitte Uboma neighborhood government region in Imo state and gave dead a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Okorie Anthony, at the Continuous Voters Registration Exercise, CVR.
This was affirmed by the INEC, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and instruction panel, Mr Festus Okoye in a proclamation to newsmen in Owerri.According to him, the episode occurred at Nkwo Ihitte (PU 004) in Amakohia ward (RA 02), adding that two other staff were still missing.hoodlums said they needed to convey the message that there will be no 2023 election.According to INEC, “The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suspended the persistent citizen’s enlistment practice in Ihette Uboma Local Government Area of Imo state.”This is the continuation of the report of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Francis Ezeonu, such that on the 14 April 2022, a staff of the commission Mr Anthony Okorie, engaged with the continuous CVR, practice was fired dead by obscure shooters at Nkwo Ihitte (PU 004) in Amakohia ward (RA 02) of Ihitte Uboma nearby government region of the state.
“The REC, further detailed that the state office is putting forth attempts to find the whereabouts of two excess staff associated with the registration.””Before this episode, the commission has suspended the CVR, in Orsu and Njaba nearby government region of the state, because of instability while the activity is occurring just in the INEC LGA office in Oru East, Oru West, Orlu, and Ohaji/Egbema neighborhood government region of the state,” he said.