Body Of Drowned INEC Staff Found

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Public
Relations Officer Mrs Sule Imondu, on Saturday said that the body of the  missing INEC ad hoc staff involved in a boat
mishap during the July 14 governorship election had been found.

Imondu said in Benin that the body of Mr Ekhator Iziegbe was
found in Kolokolo village in Edo State.

The accident, which claimed the lives of three policemen and
one INEC ad hoc staff, took place in Ologbo River in Edo.

She said, “the family of the deceased just called me to
inform the commission that his body has been found in Kolokolo village. “The
family said that the body has decomposed and cannot be taken to the village,
hence he has been buried in Kolokolo.’’

Imoudu said that INEC had been involved in the search for
the body since July 14, “so, we sympathise with the family and pray that God
gives them the fortitude to bear the loss.’’

Until his death, Iziegbe was a student of the Ambrose Alli
University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo. Mr Anthony Airohuoyo, the Edo Police Public
Relations Officer, had also confirmed the recovery of Iziegbe’s body at
Kolokolo village.