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IGP Orders Restriction Of Vehicular Movement On Election Day, Reaffirms Ban On Escorts, Sirens, Tinted Glasses
IGP orders restriction of vehicular movement on election day – Saturday Feb. 25th, reaffirms ban on VIP Aides, Escorts.
Order exempt those on essential services such as INEC Officials, Electoral Observers, Ambulances and firefighters.
Says ban on the unauthorized use of sirens, revolving lights, covered number plates, and tinted glasses is still in force.
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered a restriction of all forms of vehicular movement on roads, waterways, and other forms of transportation from 12 am to 6 pm on Saturday 25th February 2023.
The order, which is part of measures emplaced to ensure a safe, secure, and conducive environment for the conduct of elections, exempt those on essential services such as INEC Officials, Electoral Observers, Ambulances responding to medical emergencies and firefighters.
The police boss said that the order is aimed at ensuring safety of electorates as well as assisting the security agencies in effective policing, thereby preventing hoodlums and criminally-minded elements from disrupting the electoral process.
Similarly, the IGP sternly warns all security aides and escorts to desist from accompanying their principals and politicians to polling booths and collation centres during the election as anyone found flouting this directive will be severely sanctioned.
Also, the police boss said the ban on the unauthorized use of sirens, revolving lights, covered number plates, and tinted glasses is still in force, adding that violators would be sanctioned appropriately.
While urging all active electorates to be law-abiding and turn out en masse to exercise their franchise, he however warns that the Force will deal decisively with any individual(s) or group(s) that might want to test our common resolve and might to ensure a peaceful election.
