INEC suspends registration exercise in Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suspended the Continuous Voter Registration Exercise, CVR; exercise in Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State. This followed to a report by the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Emeka Ezeonu, that a staff of the Commission involved in the ongoing CVR exercise, Anthony Nwokorie, was shot dead by unknown gunmen at Ihitte.

The REC further reported that the State Office is making efforts to locate the whereabouts of the two remaining staff involved in the registration exercise. The Commission commiserated with the family of Nwokorie praying that God will grant them the fortitude to bear the loss.

A statement signed by the INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye said the incident has been reported to security agencies to unravel the circumstances that led to the unfortunate incident and bring the culprits to justice. Prior to this incident, the Commission had suspended the CVR in Orsu and Njaba Local Government areas because of insecurity while the exercise is taking place only at INEC’s office in Oru East, Oru West, Orlu and Ohaji – Egbema Local Government Areas of the State.