Rivers Rerun: INEC official reportedly killed

The INEC official was allegedly murdered after the officer was attacked in company of other officials in Abonnema.

There are reports that one of the officials deployed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to Rivers State for the Federal and State Assembly rerun has been killed.

According to a report by Vanguard Newspaper, the official was reportedly killed in Abonnema area of Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State.

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The report further revealed that electoral officials who were on duty were attacked on arrival at the area, which led to the death of the official, whose identity can't be confirmed as at time of filing this report.