The problemThe welfare of ad hoc staff for general elections, especially corps members has always been a topic of worry in this part of the world. Gunmen invaded a Registration Area Centre (RAC) at Orogbum Primary School in D/Line, Port Harcourt and robbed corps members recruited as ad hoc electoral officers of their valuable items. A corps member Falabi Nifemi on her tweet handle said the hoodlum who invaded the primary school at about 5:15 a.m with lethal weapons, brutalized corps members, and took away their phones, shoes, bags and other items. We arrived at our centre around 4:00pm to check our names, as some corps members didn’t get to see their names after the training they attended. Welfare and security of the corps members must be prioritised and assured before the eve of the new election date”.

Source: The Guardian February 18, 2019 04:30 UTC