Abuja Elections: Police restrict movement from 12 am to 4 pm
Ahead of the Saturday, February 12 area council elections in Abuja, the Nigeria police force has restricted both vehicular and human movement from 12 am to 4 pm.
Commissioner of Police, FCT, CP Sunday Babaji said the restriction was put in place is to enable the police, in a concerted effort with other sister agencies, to do due diligence in the discharge of their duties in ensuring a free and fair election thereby, totally paralyzing any form of threat emergence and creating a vote worthy atmosphere for voters and the electorates at large to perform their civic right and obligation.
FCT police PRO, DSP Josephine Adeh also said the commissioner, while expressing his confidence in the already emplaced security measures, urges the good people of the FCT to turn out to exercise their voting rights without the fear of harassment or molestation of any kind.
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He however noted that the restriction only bears an exception for essential workers and students who were coincidentally scheduled to write a nationwide WAEC examination, stressing emphatically that parties found otherwise wanting will be made to face the wrath of the law.
The CP also called on all stakeholders in the election to be reminded of their signed peace accord and ensure that their actions and inactions are ushered by constituted guidelines.
He, therefore, calls on residents to remain vigilant and report any suspicious or abnormal occurrence to the police through the following emergency lines: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653 and 08028940883.
