Anambra Election: Fake electoral officer arrested at INEC secretariat

The individual, who claimed to be an electoral officer at Dunukofia Local Government Area of the state was nabbed after suspicious moves was noticed

Just minutes before the commencement of election results announcement, a man who claimed to be an electoral officer has been arrested by security agencies at the Secretariat of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Awka.

According to a report by Punch, the individual, who claimed to be an electoral officer at Dunukofia Local Government Area of the state was nabbed after suspicious moves was noticed.

His arrest, it was further gathered, caused momentary confusion and panic at the Secretariat as security men went after him shouting,”Bring that result”.

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” The man claimed he worked at Dunukofia as EO, but another man is here as EO of the same place.

“So, we are sorting things out to make sure somebody doesn’t claim what he is not,” a security man reportedly said.

Meanwhile, the young man carrying a big bag, apparently containing some election results was taken out of the Secretariat for interrogation.

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