Boat carrying INEC personnel capsize in Bayelsa.
Boat conveying the staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission and and voting material to Kolouama community in Southern Ijaw has capsized. INEC’s spokesman in Bayelsa State, Wilfred Ifogah disclosed this in a statement, and confirmed that no life was lost in the incident on Friday involving twelve electoral officials.
Items lost, according to Ifogah include result sheets meant for a Registration Area with a voting strength of 5368 voters and 5311 Permanent Voters Cards collected.INEC also reported that its Supervisory Polling Officer assigned to Registration Area-06 (Ossioma) in Sagbama LGA was abducted while waiting to board a boat at a jetty in Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Council Area.