Supplementary elections: Police restricts movements in Plateau, Bauchi, Kano, Benue, Nasarawa, Sokoto, Ebonyi
Police has enforced restriction of movement across various states where supplementary election are taking place on Saturday March 23, 2019.
The states include Kano, Plateau, Bauchi, Benue, Nasarawa, Sokoto and Ebonyi.
According to reports, voters have started coming out to cast their votes at various polling units where elections are scheduled to hold.
In Jos, Plateau State capital, the Police command placed total restrictions on the movement of persons and vehicular, from 6:00am to 6:00pm on Saturday.
The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Tyopev Terna, said the restriction was in view of the gubernatorial and House of Assembly supplementary elections holding in the state.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) fixed today conduct of supplementary elections at 40 polling units, in nine of the 17 Local Government Areas of the State.
At the end of the remaining exercise, a governor-elect will emerge.
Top contenders are incumbent Governor Simon Lalong of All Progressives Congress (APC) and Jeremiah Useni of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to DSP Terna: “The Command is committed to ensuring that the good people who are willing to exercise their franchise do so without fear of molestation.”
“It is also to prevent people moving from local governments where elections will not be held not to ferment trouble.”
He said security personnel would be deployed to enforce restriction order and called on the people of the State to be law abiding and cooperate with security personnel posted to ensure the success of the electoral process.
