An ad hoc official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Miss Glory Effiom Essien, has been shot while on election duty in Cross River State.
According to the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof Gabriel Yomeri, Essien, said an unidentified gunman shot the INEC official on her way to Bakassi Local Government Area on Saturday, but she is now responding to treatment.
“The victim is responding to medical attention at the University of Calabar, UCTH.”
One of the militants operating along the Bakassi creeks reportedly fired the shot that hit the official.
According to Daily Trust, an eyewitness said, “The stray bullet hit her while she was in a speed boat heading towards Bakassi communities for governorship and House of Assembly Elections. She slumped before being rushed to a hospital.
“She was hit from behind inside the speed boat she boarded, and she became unconscious.”
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