{"id":154490,"date":"2022-02-27T09:28:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T08:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=154490"},"modified":"2022-02-27T09:28:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T08:28:53","slug":"imo-bye-election-gunmen-abduct-inec-staff-manipulate-bvas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/27\/imo-bye-election-gunmen-abduct-inec-staff-manipulate-bvas\/","title":{"rendered":"Imo bye-election: Gunmen abduct INEC staff, manipulate BVAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Saturday expressed concern over the abduction of some of its adhoc staff in Imo State.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Francis Ezeonu, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the State, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Ezeonu said unknown gunmen abducted some of the Commission\u2019s adhoc staff who were deployed to Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/24\/ngor-okpala-bye-election-police-restrict-movement-in-imo-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imo<\/a> for the State\u2019s House of Assembly bye-election<\/p>\n<p>Calling on security agents to ensure the staff\u2019s safe return, he also alleged that the abductees were being forced to thumbprint ballot papers and manipulate the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS).<\/p>\n<p>He also confirmed that there were incidences of violence and disruption of the exercise in some polling units.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have received SOS from some of our adhoc staff who were abducted, blindfolded and conveyed to unknown destinations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are being compelled to thumbprint the ballot papers and our situation room has received several phone calls alluding to the same,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He reassured the general public that results manufactured from unknown places will not be collated, noting that any person involved in such act of falsification was chasing the wind.<\/p>\n<p>The REC appealed to law enforcement agencies to tighten security to ensure a hitch-free collation of results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Saturday expressed concern over the abduction of some of its adhoc staff in Imo State. 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