An employee of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Christy Nkiru Okeke, has been abducted by gunmen in Anambra State, with her captors demanding N40 million for her release. The abducted INEC staff member was reportedly taken away by armed men at about 7:00 p.m. on July 24. Further details showed that one of Nwobodo’s staff members, Tochukwu Afunenu, fled into a nearby bush during the attack. However, the situation took a different turn when voice messages were allegedly sent from the staff member’s phone, claiming he had been kidnapped and demanding N40 million. In a related development, the abduction of the INEC staff member in Anambra comes barely days after armed hoodlums attacked an INEC Permanent Voter Card (PVC) distribution centre in Osun State and carted away electoral materials.