In view of the upcoming area council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) scheduled for Saturday, February 12, the FCT Police command announced on Thursday that there will be a restriction of movement. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Command, DSP Josephine Adeh. The statement reads in part, “The FCT Police Command in a bid to cement the security architecture and deployment towards the security architecture and deployment towards the Saturday 12th February 2022 Area council elections, will be all out to enforce the declared restrictions on the Election Day.
“The restriction emplaced between the period of 12 midnight to 4 pm of the said date was put in place to enable the Police in a concerted effort with other sister agencies to do due diligence in the discharge of their duties as ensuring a free and fair election, thereby totally paralyzing any form of threat emergence and creating a vote worthy atmosphere for voters and the electorates at large to perform their civic right and obligation.
“Consequent upon the above, the Commissioner of Police FCT Command CP Babaji Sunday while expressing his confidence in the already emplaced security measures urges the good people of the FCT to turn out to exercise their voting rights without fear of harassment or molestation of any kind.”
According to the statement, essential workers and students scheduled to write the WAEC examination on Saturday, 12th February are exempted from the restriction of movement.
The FCT Police Command also advised residents to be vigilant and report any suspicious incidents to the Police via the following emergency lines: 08061581938, 07057337653 08032003913, and 08028940883.
