Mrs Mary Efeturi, an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Rivers State has raised an alarm in a WhatsApp group accusing Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, the minister of Transportation of using military personnel to hold her hostage.
Efeturi in her message said Amaechi wants her to instruct collation officers to collate results in the presidential election that held Saturday which she resisted, leading to her being held hostage by the minister, who has threatened not to release her until she carries out his wishes, which is to write results, ThisDay reports.
Her SOS message on the WhatsApp group, which went to her superiors reads: “Sir, I am still held within my office and the Minister of Transportation is insisting that I instruct the collation officers to collate results. He said that I cannot leave the office because he has military personnel on ground.”
Effort to reach her by phone proved abortive. As at the time of filing this report this morning, it was unknown whether she stood her ground and resisted the minister’s pressure or yielded.
It was learnt that INEC officials at the commission’s Abuja head office were still making frantic efforts to secure her release.
