{"id":296859,"date":"2023-11-11T21:15:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T20:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=296859"},"modified":"2023-11-11T21:15:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T20:15:35","slug":"bayelsa-abducted-inec-officer-regains-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/11\/11\/bayelsa-abducted-inec-officer-regains-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayelsa: Abducted INEC officer regains freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The official who was forcefully taken by his captors on Friday was waiting to board a boat at the Amassoma Jetty headed to the Registration Area Centre \u2013 06 (Ossioma) in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, official, Supervisory Presiding Officer abducted on the eve of the governorship election has regained his freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The official who was forcefully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/11\/10\/breaking-less-than-24-hours-to-guber-election-unknown-gunmen-abduct-inec-official-in-bayelsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taken by his captors<\/a> on Friday was waiting to board a boat at the Amassoma Jetty headed to the Registration Area Centre \u2013 06 (Ossioma) in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.<\/p>\n<p>Some hours after the abduction, the electoral body confirmed the release of its official.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity, INEC, Bayelsa, Mr Wilfred Ifogah, made this known in a statement to newsmen on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing gratitude, Ifogah, thanked those who showed concern and contributed towards the release of the INEC official. He added that the officer is doing fine.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded results of Saturday\u2019s governorship elections from Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States on the INEC Election Viewing Portal (IREV) as promised by the commission.<\/p>\n<p>The elections in most of the polling units across the state closed at 2.30pm while election extended beyond the period in some others.<\/p>\n<p>Checks revealed that results are uploaded on the IREV directly from the polling unit after collation and announcement of such results by the Presiding Officer.<\/p>\n<p>As of 7.00pm on Saturday, results from about 1680 representing 74.87 percent of results from the 2242 polling units where election took place in Bayelsa State have been uploaded on the IREV.<\/p>\n<p>The result however showed that results from all the polling units in Governor Douye Diri\u2019s Kolokoma\/Opokuma local government have been uploaded on the IREV.<\/p>\n<p>In Imo state, results 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