The Lagos State Police Command has imposed 12.00am to 6.00pm movement restriction in the state following Saturday’s presidential election.
According to a statement released by Lagos Police Command spokesperson Benjamin Hundeyin on Friday, human and vehicular movement will be restricted on Saturday, February 25, 2023 between 12 a.m. and 6 p.m., in accordance with the security architecture put in place for the 2023 General Elections.
In a same vein, he said, the Electoral Act of 2022 forbade security assistants of public and private individuals—who have already been scaled down—from accompanying their principals to polling places and collation centers while carrying weapons.
“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,” he said.
Hundeyin encouraged members of the public 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,” he said.