IGP RESTRICT VEHICULAR MOVEMENTS FOR BYE ELECTIONS

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered restriction of all forms of vehicular movement on roads, waterways, and other forms of transportation from 12 am to 6 pm in 26 states where bye-elections will be conducted on Saturday.

This is with the exception of those on essential services such as officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), electoral observers, accredited media and observers both foreign and domestic, ambulances responding to medical emergencies, firefighters among others

The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the development known in a statement on Thursday.

The affected states are Ebonyi, Yobe, Kebbi, Lagos, Ondo, Taraba, Benue, Borno, Kaduna, Plateau and Akwa Ibom