Kidnappers of six Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials, who participated in the governorship and state assembly elections in Kogi State, have demanded the sum of N50 million for their release.
This was made known on Monday during a press conference on Monday on behalf of the families of the kidnapped victims in Lokoja by an Assistant Presiding Officer II, in the March 18 Kogi House of Assembly election identified as Babalola Peter.
The INEC staffers were abducted in Obajana in the early hours of Sunday, March 19, 2023, during the Kogi State House of Assembly election.
The victims were said to be returning from Kupa North and South under Lokoja Local Government Area in Kogi State before they were attacked by armed hoodlums.
But the Police Public Relation Officer in Kogi State, SP William Aya, had in a statement issued to journalists concerning the incident said 96 persons were rescued by the police, three injured while two victims were yet to be accounted for.
Peter, who is a brother to one of the victims, faulted the claim from the Nigeria Police Force that all the kidnapped victims had been rescued.
He mentioned those still in the hands of the kidnappers as Muhammed Maimunat and Abdulrahaman Raji, who are two serving corps members.
INEC ad-hoc staff who are still in captivity according to Peter are Oyaniran Atinuke Ruth, Florence Shayo Ajayi, Opara Tina and Blessing.
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