The Inspector-General of Police, Muhammad Adamu, has given an order for the restriction of vehicular movement in Ondo state ahead of Saturday gubernatorial election.
According to a statement issued by the Nigerian Police Force(NPF) through their social, the restriction which is to take effect from 11:50 pm on Friday to 6 pm on Saturday, October 10, for proper coordination of public order and safety during the election.
The police added that the order would prevent illegal arms circulation and movement of political thugs before and during the hours of the election.
He equally warned who might want to partake in snatching of ballot boxes, vote-buying among other forms of illegal activities capable of compromising the integrity of the electoral process to desist from such acts and urged citizens to move freely to exercise their voting rights, assuring that adequate security has been put in place to secure the public space for the election.
The statement reads: “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 order is part of necessary sacrifices we all have to endure to nurture and sustain democracy in the country,” he added.