Election : Police restricts movement in Bwari, Kuje & Kwari Area

The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory has imposed
restriction on vehicular movement in Bwari, Kuje and Kwali Area
Councils of Abuja from 6 a.m to 6 p.m on Saturday.

Deputy spokesman of the Command, ASP Danjuma Tanimu, made this
known in a statement on Friday.

News Agency of Nigeria reports that the restriction of movement
is aimed at ensuring peaceful and credible Area Council
supplementary elections in the FCT on Saturday.

Tanimu added that the restriction would be limited to only the
wards affected in the three councils.

He said that ambulances, fire service trucks and others on
essential duties would be exempted from the restriction.

The spokesman expressed the command’s regrets for the
inconveniences the restriction might cause residents.

“The Command wants to assure residents that proactive security
measures have been put in place to facilitate the peaceful conduct
of the election,“ he said.

He urged residents to call the Joint Operations Centre on the
following numbers in case of distress: 09052397880, 08024130926,
09051488448, and 07014951751.

(NAN)