Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has announced the restriction of vehicular movement from 6am to 6pm on Saturday, February 16.
The restriction is to assist the security agencies in effectively policing the electoral process.
The force spokesman, Frank Mba, in a statement on Thursday said the restriction would also prevent “hoodlums and criminally-minded elements from hijacking and disrupting the electoral process,” urging the citizens to go out en masse on that day to cast their votes without fear or apprehension.
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The statement read, “In furtherance of the overall interest of public order, public well-being and safety and national security as it relates to the general elections billed to take place on Saturday, February 16, 2019, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement from 6am to 6pm on Saturday.
