LG Polls: Lagos restricts movement tomorrow
Ahead of the Local Government elections billed for tomorrow, Lagos State Government, yesterday announced seven hours restriction of movement across the state.
This came on a day the United Kingdom Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, Ben Llewellyn-Jones, called for a peaceful and credible electoral process.
Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement stated that the restriction takes place between 8am and 3pm, tomorrow.
Omotoso said, “The restriction is to enable the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, to conduct hitch-free elections into positions of chairmen and councilors in all the 57 local government and local council development areas.
“The restriction will facilitate the ease of movement of the electorate, election materials and LASIEC officials for the sanctity of the election, effective monitoring and enhanced security”.
Meantime, Chairman of LASIEC, Justice Ayotunde Philips (retd), urged residents to shun voter apathy and come out in mass to vote for the candidates of their choice, assuring them of a level playing field in a free and fair exercise.
Justice Philips, who noted that preparations towards the election were around 90 per cent completion, said smart card readers would be deployed to the council poll.
She said, “LASIEC, the body charged with the statutory responsibility of electoral management and administration is committed to conducting a free, fair, credible and inclusive election”.
Meanwhile, the UK Deputy High Commissioner, who spoke with chairmen of the All Progressives Peoples Congress, APC, and the Peoples democratic Party, PDP, Messrs Babatunde Balogun and Deji Doherty, respectively, called for a free, fair, credible and peaceful elections process.
