Ekiti State Police Command has expressed its readiness to provide adequate and watertight security across the state during the local government election slated for today.
To this end, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Dare Ogundare has directed the Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, Heads of Tactical and Intelligence Units to deploy adequate personnel across polling units and the identified flash points in their areas.
This Ogundare said was to ensure the safety of lives and properties of citizens and to protect the electorate, election materials, electoral officials as well as ensuring free, fair and credible election.
The police in a statement by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Abutu Sunday, a Deputy Superintendent of Police made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti yesterday said, “In view of this, the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police has ordered a restriction of vehicular movements across the state from midnight of Friday 1st December, 2023 to 4pm of Saturday 2nd December, 2023 with the exemption of those on essential services such as SIEC Officials, Accredited Electoral Observers, Ambulances responding to medical emergencies, firefighters, Media, Candidates/Officials of the ongoing National Examination Council (NECO), e.t.c.”
He said the restriction order was part of the measures to ensure a safe, secured and conducive environment for the conduct of the election.
“On that note, residents and travellers in the neighboring states should beware and plan their movements to avoid any untold hardship during the period of the election,” he added.
The commissioner urged all citizens to be law abiding while imploring all eligible electorates to come out en masse to exercise their franchise without fear of intimidation or attack.
