An ad hoc official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Miss Glory Effiom Essien, has been shot.
According to the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof Gabriel Yomeri, Essien was shot while on election duty on Saturday.
He said 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.”