Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Lagos and Ogun,Mr Joseph Mbu says movement restriction of people for goverorship and state assembly elections in Lagos today may be extended to 8pm.
The initial restriction is between 8am and 5 pm; however Mbu said the extension to 8pm is to sustain the tempo of the peace, stressing that any recalcitrant citizens would be dealt with.
He said he would not tolerate any act of injury on his officers, just as he vowed to sanction Divisional Police Officers, who fail to provide adequate escorts to INEC officials
Two people were shot when youths blocked distribution of electoral materials in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State. INEC officer of Danmusa, Itachu Godwin said all was set for the exercise “but PDP thugs have been blocking efforts to distribute election materials”.
He alleged that the thugs were engaged to snatch ballot papers and attack electoral officials
Accreditation ongoing at polling unit 018, Ibagun ward of Ilorin East Local Government
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