A principal officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),Duruocha Osita Joel has been found dead along a road in Anambra.
This was disclosed by the Commission’s national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, Festus Okoye,in a statement released on Friday said Duruocha was reported missing in Anambra on Wednesday.
He said the officer’s body was found along a road in Awka north LGA.
“On Wednesday, 28th September 2022, the Commission’s Administrative Secretary in Anambra State, Mr. Okwuonu Jude, reported the disappearance of a staff, Mr. Duruocha Osita Joel, a Principal Executive Officer II on Grade Level 10,” Okoye said in the statement
“On Thursday, 29th September, the Administrative Secretary further informed the Commission that Mr. Duruocha’s dead body was found along Isu-Aniocha-Urum road in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, where unknown persons dumped him.
“Other staff members of the Commission, Duruocha’s brother, and the Police have evacuated the body and deposited same in the morgue.”
“The police and other security agencies have commenced an investigation to determine the circumstances that led to Duruocha’s disappearance and eventual death”,he added
In the recent times,Officials of INEC have suffered several attacks in the state.