Delta Elections: CP Orders Massive Deployment To Restrict Vehicular Movement
By Anne Osemekeh, Abuja
Ahead of the forthcoming local government elections in slated to hold on Saturday in Delta state, the police chief in the state, Olufemi Abaniwonda, has ordered massive deployment across the state to ensure hitch free elections.
According to the Command’s PRO, Edafe Bright, in statement on Thursday, the Command, in collaboration with other sister agencies has deployed massively across the State, all polling units, Registration Area Centres (RACs), collation centres, and Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) offices to ensure a hitch free exercise, as well as to protect the electorates, and DSIEC officials.
TheFact Daily recalls that the DSIEC had, on Friday, May 3 2024, unveiled the authentic timetable for the local government elections in the state.
Edafe said that Marine Police have equally been deployed to the waterways to ensure that that area too is peaceful during the election.
He revealed further that there will be restriction of vehicular movement from 8am to 3pm on Saturday, 13 July 2024, as only officials on emergency and essential duties which include accredited election monitors and observers, will be allowed passage during this time. He added that NABTEB examination students are also exempted from this restriction of movement order.
“While regretting the inconveniences this will cause, members of the public are therefore advised to adhere to this instruction as anyone found wanting will be made to face the full wrath of the law”, the statement said, adding that the ban on VIP escorts during the election will also be enforced, and are therefore advised not to move with their security details on election day, “as any officer found wanting will be arrested and sanctioned accordingly”.
According to Edafe, all non-state actors (vigilante, anti-cult volunteers, hunters etc.) will not be playing any role whatsoever during the elections. As such, they are to “steer clear of the polling units and the entire election process, as any of them found meddling in the election process will be decisively dealt with”.
“While wishing residents in the state a hitch-free election, it’s pertinent to note that the success of this election to a large extent, lies on how the electorate conducts themselves”, Edafe said, as he conveyed CP’s call on residents to be law-abiding, and rest assured that the command will not compromise in carrying out its primary responsibility of ensuring the protection of life and property, as well as the preservation of public tranquillity before, during, and after the elections.
The statement also listed the following dedicated phone lines for quick response to any complaint or distress situation during the election exercise:
08036684974, 0811485600 and 08025666914.
