Police announce movement restriction ahead of Nasarawa bye-election

Nasarawa State Police Command says it has deployed capable information unit and operational assets for Saturday’s Nasarawa North Senatorial District by-election, alongside a regularisation connected vehicular and motorcycle question successful the affected areas.

CP Shetima Mohammed, Commissioner of Police successful the state, said the measures were aimed astatine ensuring a peaceful, credible and hitch-free behaviour of the predetermination successful Akwanga, Nasarawa Eggon and Wamba Local Government Areas.

SP Ramhan Nansel, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed this successful a connection connected Friday successful Lafia.

According to the statement, the commissioner has ordered the strategical deployment of unit and operational assets to warrant the information of voters, predetermination officials, observers and different stakeholders passim the electoral process.

It added that vehicular and motorcycle question would beryllium restricted from midnight to 6:00 p.m. connected predetermination time wrong the affected section authorities areas.

The bid explained that lone vehicles and individuals connected indispensable duties and duly accredited by the applicable authorities would beryllium exempted from the restriction.

The constabulary besides warned quasi-security outfits, vigilante groups, hunters and different unauthorised information organisations to enactment distant from polling units, collation centres and different election-relat...