Katsina LG Poll: Police Restrict Movement As INEC Distributes Election Materials
The Katsina State Police Command has announced a restriction on human and vehicular movement from 6 am to 4 pm on Saturday, ahead of the state’s local government elections.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Sadiq, in a statement on Thursday, said the restriction was necessary to maintain order before, during, and after the polls.
He said, “In light of the upcoming local government election, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 15 February 2025, there will be restrictions on the movement of individuals and vehicles from 0600 hrs – 1600 hrs within the state.
“This measure has been put in place to maintain law and order, as well as the security of the electorate to enable them to cast their votes without interference.
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“The Commissioner of Police, Katsina State Command, CP Allyu Abubakar Musa, psc+, urges residents and all stakeholders in the state to comply with these movement restrictions in the interest of promoting a peaceful and transparent electoral exercise.
“Adequate security arrangements have been made to enforce the restrictions and to ensure the safety of all voters and election officials.”
He further urged eligible voters to turn out and exercise their civic duty peacefully.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Katsina State Independent Electoral Commission, Lawal Alhassan, confirmed on Thursday that the distribution of sensitive electoral materials to all 34 local government areas had commenced.
He said, “I wish to let this all-important gathering know that adequate arrangements were made by the commission and other security agencies to transport these materials to their respective destinations intact and safely.
“I equally want to inform you that all necessary arrangements were made for a hitch-free conduct of the exercise. Already the commission had recruited and trained over 20,000 ad-hoc staff who will undertake the exercise in all the designated Polling Units across the state, as non-sensitive election materials were distributed last week.
“The commission had this time planned to make the distribution of the sensitive election materials early in order to enable the timely distributions to all the designated centres across the 34 Local Government Areas, 361 political wards and 6,652 polling units in the state.
“On behalf of the commission, I therefore, call on the electorate to be rest assured that this time around, there will be no issue of late arrival of sensitive election materials to all the polling centres. I also want to let this gathering know that dedicated mobile telephone lines will be made public for genuine complaints to the commission on election day.”
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