Ahead of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the State, Lagos State Police Command Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin has announced that human and vehicular movement will be restricted on Saturday, February 25, 2023 between 0000hours and 1800hours across all roads, waterways and airways in Lagos State.
This implies that from 12:00 a.m to 6:00p.m, humans and vehicular movements have been restricted, except those on essential services.
Below is the full statement announcing the restrictions
In the same vein, security aides of public and private individuals, who have already been scaled down in accordance with the Electoral Act 2022, are not allowed to escort their principals to polling units and collation centers armed.
Except for essential duty vehicles such as ambulances, fire trucks, patrol vehicles of Federal Government security agencies, the use of sirens at or around polling units and collation centres is totally banned. In line with the Electoral Act 2022, no state-owned security agency is part of election security. Violators will be apprehended and prosecuted. Exempted from the movement restriction are essential workers, INEC officials and election observers.
Meanwhile, members of the public are encouraged to be law-abiding as they exercise their franchise. They are equally urged to promptly contact the police on any of the following numbers to report suspicious persons or activities around them: 08127155132, 08065154338, 08063299264, 08039344870.
SP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN, anipr, mipra,
Police Public Relations Officer,
Lagos State Command,
Ikeja-Lagos.
February 24, 2023.
