Some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been held hostage in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
This was made known in a post on the commission’s social media platform X on Sunday, adding that the situation is being monitored closely.
The development was said to have followed the conduct of the gubernatorial election in the state.
While calling on security agencies to immediately ensure that the abducted staff are released, INEC warned that the development is detrimental to credible elections.
The statement read, “The Unfolding Situation in Brass Local Government Area.
“The Commission is closely watching the situation in Brass LGA of Bayelsa State where our officials are held hostage.
“This is detrimental to credible elections. We call on the security agencies to immediately facilitate their release.”
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Fingers have, however, not been pointed at anyone but the statement urged political actors in the state to shun violence and embrace peace to encourage free and fair elections.
In another news, five persons were reported dead on Sunday morning when a Mack truck and a Honda Accord car crashed in Ogun.
The Federal Road Safety disclosed that seven male adults and one female adult were involved in the crash that occurred around 6 am at the Ososa junction of the Lagos-Benin highway.
“One person was injured and five persons were recorded dead, four male adults and one female adult, while two persons were unhurt,” the FRSC spokesperson in Ogun, Florence Okpe said.
Okpe blamed the crash on speeding and wrong overtaking on the part of the Honda car, which she said had a side collision with the truck.
Okpe disclosed that the injured victim was taken to the General Hospital in Ijebu-Ode, while the dead were deposited at the same hospital’s morgue.