Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- Three staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja and several others have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen at Aloma, a community in Kogi State, a few minutes' drive from the Benue border.

The INEC staff, all women identified as Chinenye Oji, Adamaka Anih, and Catherine Temaugee, were said to be on official assignment to Anambra State ahead of the forthcoming governorship election when they were abducted alongside other passengers, including the wife of the driver.

The off-cycle governorship election holds on 8 November.

A relation of one of the victims, who does not want his name mentioned for security reasons, told PREMIUM TIMES that they were travelling in a Sienn...