Corps member on INEC assignment drowns in River Niger

ONE of the youth corps members
engaged in the ongoing
registration exercise in Delta
State has drowned in the River
Niger.
The corps member, whose
identity was not immediately
ascertained was posted as one
of the ad-hoc staff of the
Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, to register
voters at Oko, a riverine
community near Asaba.
The state police command, it
was learnt had engaged the
services of divers to fish out his
corpse. Circumstances leading to
the death were still sketchy at
press time, but the State Police
Public Relations Officer, PPRO,
Mr. Charles Muka, told our
reporter, yesterday, that “it is
true that the corps member
drowned in the River Niger. He
was posted to Oko community
and his clothes were found on
the bank of the river. ”
Also confirming the incident, the
INEC ’s Chief Public Affairs Officer,
Mr. Livy Unuibe, said “the
Commission is aware of the
tragic incident. ”
Meanwhile, the member
representing Oshimili South
constituency at the State House
of Assembly, Mr. Eugene Okonji
has called on the people of
Asaba and Oko communities to
participate actively in the
ongoing registration exercise.
Okonji who provided some
logistics to ease the registration
process in the areas particularly
emphasized that “Asaba which
hosts the seat of government is
key and that is why I am calling
on the residents to turn out
enmass and register ”.


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