{"id":746340,"date":"2019-11-17T18:08:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T18:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/17\/inec-staff-dies-in-boat-accident\/"},"modified":"2019-11-17T18:08:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T18:08:19","slug":"inec-staff-dies-in-boat-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/17\/inec-staff-dies-in-boat-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC Staff Dies In Boat Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-666674\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1550686623_Nothing-can-stop-Feb-23-elections-\u2013-INEC-chair-to-international-community.jpg\" alt=\"RERUN: INEC Announces Date For Adamawa Election\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>An official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is said to have died in a boat accident during Saturday\u2019s election in Kogi state.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the unfortunate incident occurred at Odogwu in Ibaji local government area of Kogi.<\/p>\n<p>James Apam, the state resident electoral commissioner, made this known during the collation of the governorship and Kogi west senatorial rerun elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0KogiDecides: Melaye Raises Alarm, Says INEC Officials Are Rigging Election Results In Kabba<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said the yet-to-be-identified official was a student of the state polytechnic in Lokoja and was among the ad hoc staff recruited for the elections.<\/p>\n<p>A minute silence was observed in his honour at INEC head office in Lokoja, on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is said to have died in a boat accident during Saturday\u2019s election in Kogi state. 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