The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command has ordered the restriction of movement from midnight of Friday, February 11 to 4 pm Saturday, February 12, for the forthcoming Area council elections.
The Command, however, noted that the workers on essential duties and students who are scheduled to write a nationwide West African Examination Council, (WAEC), examination were exempted from the restriction order.
The Command Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, who made this known, said the Command has massively deployed personnel to all the area councils to ensure a hitch-free poll devoid of violence. He, therefore, called on residents and eligible voters to come out and exercise their voting rights without fear of being harassed or molested by anyone.
The statement reads in part: The FCT Police Command, in a bid to cement the security architecture and deployment towards the Saturday 12th February 2022 Area council elections, will be all out to enforce the declared restrictions on the Election Day.
The restriction emplaced between the period of 12midnight 4 pm of the said date, was put in place to enable the Police, in a concerted effort with other sister agencies, do due diligence in the discharge of their duties as ensuring a free and fair election, thereby totally paralysing 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.
Consequent upon the above, the Commissioner of Police FCT Command, CP Babaji Sunday PSC, 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.
Furthermore, the CP wishes to remind 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 emergency lines: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653 and 08028940883.
