The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement in Akure, the Ondo State capital in preparation of the Governorship election scheduled for Saturday, October 10.
This was made known, on Friday, in a statement released by the force public relations officer, DCP Frank Mba.
According to the statement, the restriction of vehicular movement is to start from 11:59p.m on Friday, October 9, to 6p.m on Saturday, October 10, stating that the order is part of efforts by the Force to ensure effective coordination of public order and safety during the gubernatorial election.
“The IGP reiterates that the vehicular restriction order, among other things, is aimed at preventing political actors and trouble-makers from freely engaging in unpatriotic acts – circulation and use of illicit arms and hard drugs, movement of political thugs from contiguous States to Ondo State and disruption of the electoral processes, etc – which are inimical to the dictates of the electoral laws. The IGP calls on residents of the Sunshine State to go out in their numbers on the day of the election and exercise their franchise. He assures that adequate security arrangement has been emplaced to secure the public space for the election.
“The IGP also enjoins the citizens to bear any inconveniences arising from the restriction order, noting that the order is part of necessary sacrifices we all have to endure to nurture and sustain democracy in the country,” Mba said.
Adamu assured the public of adequate security and warned that anybody who engages in snatching of ballot boxes, vote buying, vote selling, hate speeches, and any other act capable of compromising the integrity of the electoral process will be brought to book.
