By Abimbola Ogunnaike
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Cross River State Prof Gabriel Yomeri, has confirmed that an ad hoc official of the commission, Miss Glory Effiom Essien, was shot while on election duty on Saturday, 18 March, 2023.
Yomeri said an unidentified gunman shot her on her way to Bakassi Local Government Area, but she is now responding to treatment.
According to him, an unidentified gun man shot her on her way to Bakassi Local Government Area, but she is now responding to treatment.
“The victim is responding to medical attention at the University of Calabar, UCTH.”
It was gathered that one of the militants operating along the Bakassi creeks reportedly fired the shot that hit the official.
“The stray bullet hit her while she was in a speed boat heading towards Bakassi communities for governorship and House of Assembly Elections. She slumped before being rushed to a hospital. She was hit from behind inside the speed boat she boarded, and she became unconscious,” an eye witness said.
