Missing INEC Official Found Dead

Category:  Nigeria News

 

An official of official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Osita Duruocha, who was declared missing recently, has been found dead.

His corpse was found along Isu-Aniocha-Urum Road in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria’s South-east.

The deceased, Mr Duruocha, was a Principal Executive Officer II on Grade Level 10 at the electoral commission.

INEC national spokesperson, Festus Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.

He said the commission’s Administrative Secretary in the state, Jude Okwuonu, reported the disappearance of Mr Duruocha on Wednesday.

Mr Okwuonu also informed the commission, on Thursday, that Mr Duruocha’s body was found where it was dumped by unknown persons, Mr Okoye said.

“Other staff members of the commission, Duruocha’s brother and the police have evacuated the body and deposited same in the morgue.

“The police and other security agencies have commenced an investigation to determine the circumstances that led to Duruocha’s disappearance and eventual death,” the commission spokesperson added.

It is widely reported that INEC officials have become targets of attacks by gunmen lately across Nigeria’s South-east.

The gunmen, said to be part of the Biafra agitation, have been threatening to disrupt the 2023 general election in the South-east.

Beyond the threat to disrupt the election in the South-east, there have been renewed attacks on INEC facilities and personnel across the region.