Police restrict movement ahead of Edo local government elections

As portion of efforts to guarantee peaceful section authorities elections successful the state, the Edo State Police Command has announced a regularisation of question from 12 midnight on Friday to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

A connection issued on Friday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Eno Ikoedem, read: “The Edo State Police Command wishes to pass the wide nationalist that determination volition beryllium regularisation of question passim Edo State from 12:00 midnight Friday to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, 11th July, 2026, to guarantee the peaceful, orderly, and unafraid behaviour of the Local Government Council Elections.”

According to the statement, the regularisation forms portion of the broad information measures enactment successful spot by the bid successful collaboration with different information agencies to warrant a peaceful electoral process, support voters, electoral officials and delicate materials, and forestall immoderate breakdown of instrumentality and order.

“Consequently, each vehicular and quality question wrong the authorities is prohibited during the stated period, but for officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, accredited electio...