Police relax movement restrictions as FCT prepares for council polls

The FCT Police Command has decided to relax the restriction of movement as earlier announced for the Area Council Election schedule to take place on the 12th February, 2022.

Consequently, members of the public are hereby advised to go about their normal legitimate business without the fear of harassment or molestation of any kind from any quarters.

In a statement issued by the PPRO of FCT Police Command, DSP Josephine Adeh, the Commissioner of Police FCT Police Command, Babaji Sunday psc assures members of the public of the provision of a water tight security before, during and after the election.

He also urged members of the public to come out in their numbers to vote for candidates of their choice.

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The commissioner also calls on residents to remain vigilant and report any suspicious or abnormal occurrence to the Police through the following emergency lines: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653 and 08028940883.

Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, announced that it had deployed 2,822 the Biometric Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) February 12 council elections.

Mahmood Yakubu, chairman, INEC, at the distribution of sensitive materials to the area councils, said that 12,000 ad hoc staff had also been deployed for the elections.

“The materials were received from CBN and are being taken to the area councils starting with the farthest, Abaji, Kwali to Gwagwalada area councils. There are six area councils Abaji, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje, Kwali and Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC),’’ he said.

Prof. Yakubu explained to foreign observers that although the election was a local government one “and not so big, but the area councils were large areas that could amount to a country”.